I will have a pager in the event that someone will need to reach me at 2AM. The pager number will be given to a tenant in addition to (my-number)s. The reason for the pager is my cellular phone goes into a DND mode at 9:30PM to allow me to sleep without interruptions of someone calling to sell life insurance. Also, my home phone will be sitting in the office, and charging. I am not even on the same floor when I am sleeping. Leaving a message on either the Cellular or Home phone will likely not be addressed until later in the morning.
With that said, the tenant, or any other important person will also receive a 413 number that would forward to the voicemail. They will be informed this is a priority voicemail line, and they should call to leave a message if there is an emergency. When someone calls the pager, they will hear my standard announcement. After the announcement, they will leave a voicemail or enter their call-back number. Once that happens, and they hang up, my pager will sound off within 5 minutes of them leaving the message. I will then wake up, listen to the voicemail, and return the call.
People will be informed to only use this number when it is imperative that they need to reach me. The service will hold fifteen 60 second messages for 72 hours. I will likely get the pager going off and it would be loud enough to wake me. I will listen to the voicemail, and delete the message as soon as I got the information I need from the voicemail.
This will allow me to put my cellular phone in DND mode, and still receive those emergency calls. However, regular interruptions of my sleep from a tenant when the issue is not imperative will lead to an eviction as they will be abusing the system. If I can’t evict them, then they will be blocked from reaching the pager’s voicemail number, and will likely not get a hold of until the morning if the issue was a legitimate emergency.
To keep things working, I will use rechargeable batteries which will be replaced every month. This will keep the pager with a “full” battery without a negative contribution to the environment. I will obviously use quality rechargeable batteries for the pager, but it will still be used. All batteries in the residence will be rechargeable. I also have a carbon copy which sends copies of pages to my cellular phone number as a backup in case the pager didn’t beep.