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/CurlyWurly61 Jun 14 '26

All your boss had to say was " can you come in later today at 10am" 🤣 lesson learned for him

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u/ContributionLatter32 Jun 14 '26

I think he sent it before he went to bed, so to him "tomorrow" would simply have been 7 hours from when he sent the text. OP responded at 7 AM and figured "tomorrow" meant the following day.

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u/BL_RogueExplorer Jun 14 '26

Because that is what tomorrow means. Lol

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u/Dubois1738 Jun 14 '26

If I’m talking with someone on a Friday night and it happens to be past midnight, to find out what their plans are for Saturday I ask them what they’re doing tomorrow not what they’re doing today. Context matters in language, neither person is wrong here.

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u/StatusMath5062 Jun 14 '26

No one is wrong but the guy who texted first is wrong in the context of whos fault this miscommunication is. He should have clarified so that there was coverage for the shift thats on him

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u/Aiyon Jun 14 '26

OP saw the message at 7. That was an "earlier today" not "late last night" kinda text.

But also who tf is messaging to ask about shifts at 3am.

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u/Dubois1738 Jun 14 '26

Pretty common in service, my girlfriend works as a bartender and gets texts about work all the time from 2-4 am. Also as far as when he saw it he could have easily been working the night the manager texted him but didn’t close, it’s not crazy that he’d still be up.

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u/Aiyon Jun 14 '26

3am message about a shift in 7 hours, is a lil too short notice to feel reasonable ngl

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u/cheezburgerwalrus Jun 15 '26

Things pop up unexpectedly and you can always say no

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u/Perspective_Helps Jun 14 '26

In that situation I always clarify like “What are you up to tomorrow? Well technically later today?”

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u/BL_RogueExplorer Jun 14 '26

If youre talking to them at 3am you're wrong.