Basically a roundabout way of asking: How much do people really care about you?
I know I could vanish for like 48 hours and my parents and older brother probably wouldn’t even want to look for me (I’m around 18-25, not a minor so they have no legal responsibilities). Nobody in the world cares about me. I mean they already told me that in my face that if I went missing, they won’t care.
Nice try, ICE.
I think people would notice early (work would definitely be the first to know), but would take a while to actually report something.
I think it’s pretty universal; people don’t want to make a fuss or be a bother… like it would be embarrassing or something to report someone missing for not showing up to work, or missing a gym session. Not to mention the not-so-missing will probably feel quite upset about getting reported missing because they took an unprompted nap or lost their phone.
It’s not strange for adults to not answer their phone, and in NPF-circles it’s even less strange for someone to go into social hibernation with very little warning.
Unfortunately this will lead to (single household) adults being missing for longer before people get worried enough to actually tell someone, and then they’ll try to get in touch with other friends or family before the actual police.
My Fiancee would notice very quickly. My family it would be weeks if not longer
I guess I’m nabbed when I’m watering the garden. Husband wakes up a few hours later. Goes to look for me. Can’t find me. Freaks the fuck out, gets my twin up to look for me. Now they’re both freaked out. Husband probably calls the cops. So a few hours at most.
About fifteen seconds, since that’s how often my kids ask me for stuff.
As a parent of two young kids, there’s definitely times where getting kidnapped sounds good.
A few hours after night if I’m not answering my phone and only 2 family members would notice, nobody else would notice I’m gone or if I never come back.
I need a deadman switch… maybe watch a log file for a program I use daily or something.
“If you’re reading this, they got me.”
My wife would be freaking out about two minutes after she realized I hadn’t come back inside, I wasn’t answering my phone, and I wasn’t in any of the usual places around the house.
Everyone else? Weeks.
I work from home and always tell my husband when I’m going out. He works from the office 1-2 days a week and is home other days. So depending on the day it’d take minutes or around dinner time. Although he’d probably text my phone and wait for hours before contacting others.
Depends on the day. Between a few hours and a few days. If I’ve got something due at work later in the day, hours. If I have no hard deliverables for a few weeks then one of the bars where I’m a regular and play music would be the first to figure it out. All the bartenders and sound guys know how to get in touch with me.
Mom would figure it out in a month or so.
I drop off the earth pretty frequently but I always keep my gig and work commitments or call if I can’t. So it depends on my next commitment, which happens pretty much weekly.
Depending on when this happens, my fiancée could notice in as little as an hour, and she would be in a panic until I am returned to her.
Unironically might be a month or two for me
My wife would notice in a few hours, and be panicked in less than 12. Work would notice in <12-16 hours weekdays, <60 hours weekend.
At most, a week. Family would notice otherwise.
I’m sorry that your relationship with yours isn’t good.
On a weekday would take 24-48 hours, work would probably start making calls if I just randomly stopped showing up. It would be odd enough if I didn’t show up for one day without calling/emailing anyone, 2 days would become concerning.
Might take longer over a weekend, depends whether I have any family trying to text or call me.
