Some people have no regard for other people’s time.

They have some weird entitlement about being able to call when it’s convenient for them, never mind the other person’s comfort.

Check out how the worker in this story put an end to the entitled behavior.

Ignore the time difference in the evening? I’ll ignore it in the morning.

In the 1970s (before email and faxes), my father-in-law, Carl, worked as a trust agent for a bank in the Midwest, which is on Eastern time (ET).

He handled trusts and estates for bank customers, including one older lady.

Her son-in-law, Brewton, lived in California, which is on Pacific time (PT), three hours behind Carl, and managed his mother-in-law’s estate on her behalf.

Son-in-law has some boundary issues.

Brewton used to call Carl with questions, which is not a problem.

Except Brewton would call Carl at home at 8 p.m. ET, expecting him to answer questions.

Carl would be at home, eating dinner or spending time with his family, so Brewton’s calls were unwelcome.

Carl would explain the time difference and said that Brewton should call before 5 p.m. ET, not PT.

But Brewton always ignored Carl’s requests, and demanded that Carl call him back “first thing in the morning.”

Carl was nice and would wait until 11 a.m. ET to give Brewton time to get settled in his own office.

Until he decided he’d had enough.

The day after Brewton’s latest call, Carl went to his office extra early, got the information and then promptly at 8:00 a.m., Carl called Brewton’s house.

His next move was very clever.

A sleepy Brewton answered the phone and croaked, “Hello?”

“Good morning, Brewton!” Carl all but hollered into the phone.

“What time is it?” Brewton groaned.

“It’s 8:00,” Carl said.

“But it’s 5:00 in the morning here.”

“Huh, so it is. I guess there’s a three-hour time difference. But you said you wanted these answers first thing in the morning, and it’s 8:00 here, so I thought I’d give you a call.”

Brewton never called past 5:00 p.m. again.

Here is what people are saying.

Haha probably true.

I believe it.

Good idea.

They don’t care.

How civilized. I like it.

Boundaries are important.

Sometimes you have to teach them the hard way.

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