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Phone etiquette. Why do most people not have any? When it comes to this subject, I have a LOT of pet peevesg. Most of them are pretty recent, because of my job. I'm a receptionist. I talk on the phone all day. But I'll list those in a minute. The true inspiration for this post is because someone called me at 7:30 this morning. It's my day off. I know they couldn't possibly know that, but that us beside the point. The point is, WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND CALLS SOMEONE THEY DON'T KNOW BEFORE 10:00????!!!??!?!? 10:00 is my rule. I don't make phone calls before then unless I absolutely have to. I think 9:00 is still a little early when it comes to guessing whether or not a person is awake. 8:00 is probably the average time that people are awake. Gotta get to work and get the kids off to school. But it is still too early. Especially because if they don't have to do those things, or you don't know if they do or not, they are more than likely still asleep. AND ANY TIME BEFORE 8:00 IS OFF LIMITS. If you aren't sure of their schedule chances are you are going to wake them up. And unless that is your point, my guess is, They won't be happy about it. Now, surprisingly, the above mentioned is not actually my biggest pet peeve. After being woken up this morning and not being able to go back to sleep, I thought about what my biggest phone pet peeve actually is. It all began when caller-ID came out. People would miss a call, check the caller-ID, see a number they didn't recognize, and call it back. Usually, starting with the not-so-nice response of, "I missed a call from this number, who is this?" Whoa there, buddy. Receive one too many prank calls? My thinking is, if they didn't leave message, either they dialed the wrong number or it wasn't important enough for them to need you to call them back. Does curiosity just get the best of these people? They just can't stand not knowing a number on their phone? And if that's the case, learn to answer it when someone calls. See, it doesn't bother me, not knowing a number on my caller-ID. I mean yeah, I'm curious, but I would much rather deal with the curiosity then talk to someone I really didn't want to. So, back to this morning. Yesterday, Sunday, I was looking for a sub to teach my primary class. I called 3 different people whim I have never met. Two of them didn't answer. (I called after 10, by the way.) I didn't leave a message. It wasn't important for them to call me back. So then 7:24 this morning my phone rings. I look at the number, don't recognize it, and ignore the call. If they really wanted to talk to me they would leave a message. They didn't. That's when I realized it was someone I had called yesterday. Really? You couldn't answer your phone when I needed you to, or call me back anytime yesterday. No, you wait til the rude hours if the morning to wake me up. Ugh!!! Two of my biggest pet peeves in one. I have a feeling we won't be friends in the near future. And now some of the phone etiquette pet peeves I've developed because of my job. Similar to my biggest pet peeve, when I do leave a message and they call back wondering who called from that number. Check your message!! When people have cell phones and don't check their messages so their voicemail is always full. "Due to subscribers request, this number dieis not receiving calls." What's the point of having a cell phone? When people call and when I answer they continue talking to whomever they were talking to. Leaving me saying, "hello?!" About 15 times before they remember they called. When I answer the phone with the name of our office and they ask if this is that office. I just told you it was! Pay attention! And I'm sure there are plenty more but those are what come to mind at the moment. There should be a class they make you take before you can buy a cell phone teaching people phone etiquette.