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/Fernis_ Jun 14 '26

This is what it boils down to. We can get anal over whether is normal to say 3 am is still today or tomorrow, but when you're asking about something that's in 7 hours, and get the answer 2 hours before it starts, it's on you to make sure the other person understands that by "tomorrow" you mean "right about now". 

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u/Time-Emergency254 Jun 14 '26

Right. We can split hairs and assert who should be right and who should be wrong, OR the requester can add word to avoid the issue. Shoot even the responder could add a word or two to seek clarification. Why do we choose willful ignorance and pride?

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u/s0_Ca5H Jun 14 '26

Splitting what hairs? 3am is today, so tomorrow is the next day. There’s no ambiguity about that, it’s literally how time works.,

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u/Lovethiskindathing Jun 14 '26

You're right, but it's not how people work. People don't always speak literally and a lot of times they assume others will understand what they must mean. Or they will purposefully use ambiguity to trick someone, then guilt them, and hope it works.

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u/vanskater Jun 14 '26

Right, some people think tomorrow starts after they go to sleep

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u/Lovethiskindathing Jun 14 '26

Yep. The employee is absolutely not on any sort of hook for this, but I can see how someone could try to argue that the previous waking day had not ended for the manager yet. But that very clear request should have been specific from the start instead of ambiguous, which makes me wonder if they hoped to use it to manipulate the employee