I think most people dial a phone number with very little effort or attention.  I want to bring it to everyone's attention that it is always an obscene hour somewhere on the planet and you could really apply undo stress by dialing a wrong number.  Please be sure what you are dialing.

What inspired this cautionary note?  I was in a very deep sleep when awoken at 4AM by the ringing of my bed side phone.  My brain instantly thinks "Oh dear God!  Who died?!" when the phone rings at such and insane time.  It turned out to be a wrong number but I was left with a panicked feeling and had difficulty settling back down.  I have felt like total crap the entire day thus far.

One misdial can really start your day off on the wrong foot long before it is due to begin.  Every call I have ever gotten in the middle of the night or early morning (before 7AM) has been horrible news.  I think a lot of people share that conditioning.

So I ask all of you, be careful when you dial.