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Q: 7am phone calls. Do you get these?

There seems to be no time that is deemed too early to call someone here. My wife's phone (and a some cases, mine) may ring as early as 7 or 7:30am. Don't they have any respect for other people's personal time? I would rather get the call at 10pm the night before.

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No, I've even gotten messages from the phone company at midnight, other messages or calls at 2 in the morning. This is why I put my phone on silent at night, or I could be woken up at who knows what hour.

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Not only at 7 am, but sometimes at 2 and 3 am too.  But I have a pay back.  My cell phone saves the cell number of the calls received, with date and time.  Ja, Ja, when I get up (if I do) at night for WC, I pick my cell phone and entertain myself calling back those that annoyed me at weird hours too.  Since I started that, only sales calls come in at odd hours.

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That is why after my first term I NEVER give my number to my students (except the class monitor). I was getting text messages and calls as late as 2 am! 

Now, I do get those "one time ringgers" at all hours but being a VERY deep sleeper, I dont know it unless I am already awake or I see the number the next day.

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In Chinese eyes you should be up by 7 haha.

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I always am but that doesn't mean I want to be bothered by trivial crap at that time.

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