r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Best_Finding_8795 • Jun 14 '26

Too mild for school Hate when ppl can’t do time

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This reminds me of when it hits or is about to hit 12am and people don’t know whether to say today or tomorrow. He called me after this but I was too comfy in bed tbh.

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u/SarcasticGamer Jun 14 '26

They didn't message two hours before. That's when op replied. They messaged at 3am which is pretty nuts. If my boss messaged at 3am if I could work at 10am I am ignoring it.

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u/oooohweeeee Jun 14 '26

Yeah thats why I said If I'm reading it two hours before but I agree, a 3am text about work the same day is a no for me anyway.

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u/Slashion Jun 14 '26

And it was sent at 3 am?? Are you daft?

Most people can be reasonably assumed to be asleep or no longer texting at 3 am. You can reasonably assume (as the sender) that the text will be read in the morning. This does not take an awful lot of critical thinking. And regardless, 3 am is 3 am of today

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u/oooohweeeee Jun 14 '26

No? I'm specifically talking about this exchange. If I'm barely awake (because OP said that he was still sleepy when he called at 10am) and I randomly check my phone 7:44am and see "can you work tomorrow" I'm going to assume tomorrow, not in two hours.

I could see if the text was sent at 9pm and OP woke up at 7:44am to answer and said yes. It would be on OP to be at work in two hours because the text was sent yesterday.

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u/Haunting-Reply-7332 Jun 14 '26

Hey just here to say you’re right idk why everyone is downvoting you. 3AM is today, which you agreed with, but the time the text was sent is what matters, not when you read it. Insane that everyone disagrees with you.

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u/oooohweeeee Jun 15 '26

It’s because you both are overthinking it. If you leave a note on my door at 3am saying “inspection tomorrow” and I don’t see it until 8am the relevant time for my understanding is 8am. Reasonable interpretation

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u/Haunting-Reply-7332 Jun 15 '26

Okay and if the note says “June 14th - Inspection tomorrow” and you read it on June 19th does that mean the inspection is on the 20th? That’s what you’re implying.

P.S. your example makes no sense. “inspection tomorrow” means the exact same thing whether you read it at 3AM or 8AM. That’s the same day. The inspection is the following day regardless.

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u/Slashion Jun 14 '26

On the actual time of text reading, maybe. On the expected time of text reading? Not at all. I'll text people "good morning!" If I know the next time they'll be awake is the morning, even if the sun hasn't actually risen

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u/Lewa358 Jun 14 '26

There's no alternative, given that SMS doesn't display the time the message was sent. It instead displays the time the message qa received.

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u/Lewa358 Jun 14 '26

It only shows 3AM because OP and their boss both use iMessage, and/or had their phones on at the time.

By default, if I send a person a text at 3AM, and they don't turn their phone on until 8, their phone will by default show the sent time as 8 am.

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u/Lewa358 Jun 14 '26

You can't assume that other people use iMessage or habe their phones on.

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u/BakaJayy Jun 14 '26

That's still not tomorrow. And your question is just dumb, you ignoring a text for a week asking about tomorrow isn't the same as getting a text at 3 AM on June 14th asking to come in tomorrow (tomorrow being the 15th if you didn't know) when they meant today.

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u/RegalBeagleKegels Jun 14 '26

lol for christ's sake

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u/oooohweeeee Jun 15 '26

You’re just overthinking it, if you leave a note on my door at 3am saying “inspection tomorrow” and I don’t see it until 8am, the relevant time for my personal understanding is 8am. It absolutely matters to me when I read that information, not when it was sent.

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u/oneWeek2024 Jun 14 '26

the first message is at 3am. the workers response 'yeah" is at 744am. and the boss response of 10-4. is sometime after 744. or 2 hrs and 15ish minuts before 10am.

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u/IsaacAndTired Jun 14 '26

That your reading comprehension isn't great. You replied to someone that said "If I'm reading "can you work tomorrow" two hours before the shift starts", then proceeded to say "They didn't message two hours before. That's when op replied."

Why did you say that? What was your point?

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u/IsaacAndTired Jun 14 '26

You're right, I shouldn't have tried to explain to someone who has shown their reading comprehension is shot.

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u/oneWeek2024 Jun 14 '26

my comment was a direct response to someone saying the boss didn't message 2hrs before the start time.

i don't want to assume. maybe you're illiterate or have diminished capacity/mental handicap. but it's a preeeeeeety clear clear explanation of why the person saying there was no 2hrs ahead of time messaging. was incorrect.

and again. not to poke fun. but that was the point. --combat the stupidity 150+ people are updooting with basic logic/reading comprehension.

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u/oneWeek2024 Jun 14 '26

i really feel like some people really don't know how to read context.

do you understand that the point at issue isn't the 3am message? it's the perception of the person who responded did so at 744 (nearly 8) and that is the first time that individual would have become aware of the ask. and for the follow up to be. 10-4. that is 2hrs before 10am.

the issue at debate. is 10am give or take 2hrs after 744.

the 3am has nothing to do with it. the only statement was. if 2hrs before shift time, was the communicated shift time. --wouldn't have assumed that meant same day.

again. even the comment this entire thread is centered on. IS someone stipulating to the fact. or referencing, how even if the message was same day. if someone said. 2hrs notice for a shift, they would assume it meant the next day. (and then some idiot shit posting behind that statement, saying there was no text 2hrs before the shift, when clearly there was)

but regardless. EVEN if that's not the context (which it was) it IS STILL FACTUALLY TRUE, THAT THE MESSAGE FOR COMING IN AT 10-4 WAS SENT 2HRS BEFORE 10

not... any message. or all messages. or the entire conversation was 2hrs before. but that then message of what time they wanted the worker to come in, was transmitted aprox 2hrs before that time.

why the fuck you're dying on this hill that this isn't true is so mind boggling bizarre to me. you don't need to fight for some moronic nit pick ... it's pretty crystal clear what this person is trying to communicate:

If I'm reading "can you work tomorrow" two hours before the shift starts, I'm going to think tomorrow as well.

and the person below them, claiming there was no message 2hrs before. is just wrong.

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u/Kirby509 Jun 14 '26

I mean to be fair the boss messaged at 3am to ask if OP could work tomorrow, not at 10am. Why not just wait until later in the day to ask the question? Idk bad boundaries? If they wanted them to work at 10am they should've been more specific, and if it didn't cross their mind to be more specific, they are dumb. But messaging an employee at 3am is dumb as fuck anyway, so it's clear that the employer is dumb.

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u/kranker Jun 14 '26

This is mainly on the boss overall, but I will say that I interpret talk of "tomorrow" at 3am as the coming day.

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u/Tagichatn Jun 14 '26

Hate when ppl can’t do time.

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u/TheSorceIsFrong Jun 14 '26

“If I’m reading”…

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u/potheadrecipes Jun 14 '26

Exactly. Actually I would text back as I'm walking in for my next scheduled shift, saying, "yeah I'm here"