Telephone Etiquette: Appropriate Call Times.

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Unwanted Wake-up Call.

Our neighborhood council leader rang us at 0833 this morning with non-earth shattering news. Calls should never be placed to anyone, unless you have plans, before 10 am on a Saturday. There are exceptions. Here is the checklist:

  • Is Godzilla thrashing Tokyo Bay?
  • Is the planet on fire?
  • Is the Sun about to crash into the Earth?
  • Is there a tattooed Romulan named Nero drilling down to the Earth’s core?
  • Daleks?
  • Giant tidal waves?
  • Fire falling from the sky?
  • Massive asteroids?
  • The Earth’s rotation is out of contro?
  • Animals of Earth working together?
  • Collision with antimatter Earth imminent?
  • Vogon Constructor Fleet?

No? Then DON’T CALL!
Options

Allow me to suggests several non-intrusive methods of communication:

  1. Email
  2. Letter
  3. Post-it on door
  4. Tweet
  5. Instant Message
  6. Blog post

If the above are not viable, CALL AFTER 10 AM!
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