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I think it must be me that attracts a certain type of people , i had a phone call enquiring about puppies at 9.45pm christmas day ! the person may very well be genuine , never had my breed so i spent 45 mins going thru the pros and cons , and asked if she could call back to chat in the new year as she didnt want a pup till may time anyway ,dont know about anyone else but i wouldnt think about calling after 9pm on a normal day opinions please

I suppose it is a bit late esp on Christmas night...but to be honest different parts of the country find certain times of the evening to be late!
for example I live in the Merseyside where people dont go out until around 9.30 pm think nothing of going for a meal so late even midnight some restaurants are open in the city. I would imagine similar in most big cities ..now we visited Scotland (not Edinburgh) where everywhere shut at 9pm everywhere was empty and so quiet... everyone was in bed by 9.30pm such a culture shock for us.
I would ring friends after 9 or 10 without a thought and they they same . I have had people ring me at 9pm and 10 pm with puppy enquiries but dont think about it as its not considered really late for us.
could be that person had been to work ? my son works every xmas being in the catering its a very bisy time for them ! but i wouldnt be very happy talking all that time on xmas day lol
By Lexy
Date 27.12.09 15:20 UTC

I don't ring people after 8:30pm & I don't want people to ring me after that time, unless asked to do so.
To ring at that time on Christmas day!! I would have said in a polite way as poss & straight away to ring at a more sensible time & day!!

I was always told it was rude to male phone calls after 10pm, but those friends I know are late birds I will ring late.
One particular friend who works in a pub and so a call after 11pm means it is her.
She knows we don't go to bed before midnight.
>I was always told it was rude to male phone calls after 10pm
My family know not to call me after 9 p.m. so I know it is usually an emergency, or a good friend that works shifts. I don't think I have ever had a late caller enquiring after puppies though. They'd be asked if I could take their number so I could call back when it is more convenient.

That of course should be 'make calls'
By qwerty
Date 27.12.09 17:15 UTC
i would be quite tipsy that time on xmas day!
I find that a little late and especially on xmas day! I had one the other week at 10.15pm asking if I had a certain colour puppy for sale..............I hadnt even any pups at the time so I did think it was quite rude!!

I'd never consider ringing anyone, whoever it was (okay vet excepted!!), after 9 pm, and I would be greatly offended if anyone who wasn't close family phoned on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day -in fact I'd put the phone down on them if it happened!

i would not dream of calling anyone on xmas day, unless it was to wish them merry xmas of course. i only ring people i know after 8, 830 at the latest on "normal" days. i always think what if they had young kids, work early morning etc. they only person i ring late is mccartney's breeder as she is a late night person and her house is always busy in the day. but we are good friends, so its not as if we are strangers
By JeanSW
Date 27.12.09 21:50 UTC

I actually ask all people on my waiting list to phone after 7pm so I guess we all have different schedules. Any time up to 11pm is fine with me, as I rarely go to bed before midnight.
But please don't phone me at 7.30am when I'm getting ready for work, and seeing to dogs before dog sitter arrives!

If anybody rings me after 7pm and I don't recognise their number I switch it straight to answer phone.
By suejaw
Date 27.12.09 22:45 UTC
Regardless of time of day I personally don't think Christmas Day is appropriate to call. Most people are busy or very tired depending on the time of day of the call. Not sure why they couldn't wait until after the Xmas festivities.
By Dogz
Date 27.12.09 23:01 UTC
I think it is quite simply rude to call anyone you dont know on Christmas day....never mind after 9pm1
Karen :(
I had placed an ad in a shop some months ago for a tv i no longer needed, and i had someone phone me at 10.30 pm for more details.

I would never phone anyone after 9.00. If someone phones me after 10 I'm always worried that something's happened to a member of my family.
By bilbobaggins
Date 28.12.09 17:18 UTC
Edited 28.12.09 17:22 UTC

No problem when people call in the evening. I am never in bed before about 1am and my friends all know that.
But ring
before 10 am and that is a different story all together!!
Emergency or you get your ear bashed!!!

I think it is exceptionally rude of anyone to ring a breeder with a general breed/puppy enquiry on Christmas Day - whatever the time. I'm afraid I would have been quite abrupt and told them as they were only looking to take on a pup in the Spring to call back in the New Year. What a cheek !
I wouldn't dream of contacting any breeder, on any day after around 7.30 pm and I would expect the same from people making enquiries to me.
For anyone to ring on Christmas day it would have to be an emergency IMO, I could understand it if you had very recently had a litter or were due one and this person had learned of it just now, so was in desperation calling to go on your waiting list.
But, she didnt want a pup till may
how very cheeky, why could it not wait until after Christmas just for an enquiry, I think you were a star to even talk to her especially for 45 mins, I would have told the person I was just going out, well to be honest Christmas day is full swing at my house, I really wouldn't have had the time or patience to talk to someone, and would have just taken her number and called back in the New Year, so you were much kinder than I would have been. :-)
To ring on Christmas day sounds like an impulse call anyway, surrounded by presents or a lack of, maybe she wanted something more cuddly so thought of a dog, to ring on Christmas day is appauling.
By goldie
Date 28.12.09 20:16 UTC

Well i think it was most rude to ring on xmas day,and to not want a pup till may. Well some people what a cheek.
She could have waited for a more appropriate time.
By kenya
Date 28.12.09 20:24 UTC

I wont answer the phone after 9.30pm unless I know the number.
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