2am cold call

[GingerBiscuit]

apologies for spelling mistakes, yes I HAVE been drinking, I'v had friends round.

Anyway, it' about 2:15 down here, and I'm trying to sober up a little before I go to bed, to avoid too serious a hangover.
And I get a phonecall.
Who the HELL calls at 2am?
So I answer, and it;]'s a mans voice with an indian accent (relavent, many british companies have outsourced their call-centres to india) wishing me good afternoon (!)
Confused (and drunk) I reply 'it's 2am!'
'Sorry madam, I am talking about your building society acount..'
I don't have a bulding ociety account. I politely say this, say goodbye and hang up. I think this is polite as it could have been, in the circumstances.

And you know what I'm thinking? I feel so sorry for the crap they are going to get, ringing at 2am. I know it's probably 1pm where they are, and they have to work at a reasonable time, but I can't believe the company outosurcing wouldn't choose to have people on late/early shifts to make sure it doesn't catch people when they are likely asleep or drunk, and give that much erroneous information for these poor underpaid people.

[Gawdzillers]

Drunk in the morning?
I say.

[protege]

That's better than I would have handled it. Sorry, but if it's not an emergency, I go apeshit on people who call me at 2am, especially since I get up around 6:30 during the week! If it's a family emergency, fine...but if it's some idiot trying to sell me something, I don't hesitant to yell.

[powerboy]

If I get a call early in the morning, it had better be a family emergency. Otherwise, I am going to just hang up. My family and friends knows better then to do that.

[Aldous]

Isn't there something (Contract, law, no idea what) that says you can't get calls before or after certain times?

[GingerBiscuit]

I'm not sure, but I wouldn't be surprised...

Now I am a little more sober (yes, I was druk in the morning, but at 2am, I'd had the girls round, there had been alcohol and johnny depp movies- always a good combination) I feel even more confused by it.
Really... Even though the call centre may have been halfway acorss the world I cannot believe the company who hired them wouldn't make them aware of the potential time difference.

And I don't have a building society account!

[JustADude]

yes, I was drunk in the morning, but at 2am

Wrong! It's still 'at night' until you go to sleep! I've seen 10:30am at night before!

Gotta love conventions.

[Legal Eagle]

If the phone rings middle of the night. I run to answer it assuming it's something important, if it's a cold call i would insist on a supervisor and get really sucky.

[myswtghst]

Wrong! It's still 'at night' until you go to sleep! I've seen 10:30am at night before!

I completely agree.

Also, back on topic, I DO NOT answer my cell phone during hours when I am/should be sleeping, unless the Call ID shows an immediate family member--i.e. Mom, Dad, Brother, Grandma, or the parent's home phone. Anyone other than that can wait until a normal hour, especially because calls at that hour are usually drunk dials.

[GingerBiscuit]

I don't have caller ID, if the hpone is ringing at that time I'll answer it in case it's an emergency.

[Broomjockey]

Wrong! It's still 'at night' until you go to sleep! I've seen 10:30am at night before!

Gotta love conventions.

Heh, with my working night shifts now, I love confusing the heck out of people by telling them I'm having supper at 8:30 a.m. or breakfast @ 11:00p.m.
Hey, first meal after I wake up is breakfast, last meal before sleep is supper!

[Shabo]

Maybe it was one of your friends prank calling you?

[GingerBiscuit]

Maybe it was one of your friends prank calling you?

I don't have many friends who know my home number, I give it out to very few people, and none of them would call me at 2am as they would quickly become a victim in a prank war they couldn't win.

None of them can mimic an Indian accent that well, either.

[Pagan]

Anyone calls me at 2am and somebody better be dead or they soon will be! My family and friends (which are family, come to think of it) know not to call me before 8am....and that's pushing it! Anyway, I let the machine pick-up on the landline. Only 5 people have my cell phone #. Although I did get a wrong number on it one time from some old fart in Kentucky. Apparently didn't get the clue from "Hi, you've reached Pagan's phone...."

[MadMike]

Wrong! It's still 'at night' until you go to sleep!

Exactly! I used to occasionally work a third shift from home, which was nice because I could have a beer or ten if I wanted.

One morning when I was working one of these shifts, my wife came down to leave for work around 6:30 a.m., and saw me drinking a beer. She jokingly said I was an alcoholic because I was drinking at that time of day. I smiled and told her it doesn't count if you've been up all night.