What do you mean, it's 6 a.m.???

I overslept today. Oh, man, did I ever.

Normally, I pick up my papers at about 3 a.m., because I have a 6:30 a.m. deadline for delivery. Even on the 3 or 4 days a year that I have off work, I always–ALWAYS–wake up by 3 a.m. to go to the bathroom, get a bottle for the baby, etc.

SO. This morning, I didn’t wake up when the alarm went off. Didn’t wake up when the paper called–twice–to see if I was okay. Didn’t wake up when they sent someone to my house and he BANGED ON THE DOOR. Didn’t wake up, in fact, until the third or fourth phone call, when I just barely, in some dim part of my sleep-fogged mind, caught the very last ring of the phone, and wondered who on earth would be calling me in the middle of the night?

It was after 6:00!!! I had almost 300 papers due on their respective doorsteps within the next half-hour, and I was still in my undies! Luckily, I got to the phone in time to talk to my boss, who assured me all was well. He and the other DMs had already split most of my routes, so all I had to do was pick up the last two.

The really sweet, touching thing is that they were all worried about me. When I got there, one of the DMs hugged me and very earnestly told me how glad he was that I was okay. Given my situation right now (split with my husband, etc), it was a very affirming and positive experience.

Good guys, those district managers. :slight_smile:

That’s a lot to go through for the Horrible-Terrible each morning. :slight_smile:

Of course, next time you don’t show up they may not be as worried, thinking you’ve just slept in again.

At least they tried to contact you. If I croaked on a Friday evening they’d wonder at work where I was on Monday. They’d probably call when I didn’t show up on Tuesday. If they didn’t hear from my by Wednesday they’d probably try to call my sister. It might take a day or two before someone actually entered my apartment. It wouldn’t be so bad in the winter, but I’d probably be pretty ripe if I got dead in the summer!

FWIW, I woke up at 04:00 today. What a sucky way to start a Saturday!

I honestly wonder how long it would take the collective world to realise that I had, say, a massive corronary. My boss might be concerned, but he would be more annoyed then worried. My landlords would think it strange my car hadn’t moved, but that would take a few days. I give my friends and family about 3 days of silence before they get really worried. That’s kinda great that the people you work with would go to SO much trouble.

Does it say something about me that I thought, based on the thread title, that this would be about staying UP all night? :slight_smile: