# Know who is awake before you ask

> You need a quick word with a colleague in another time zone, and do not know if they are asleep.

Source: https://plexiidesk.com/use-cases/know-who-is-awake-before-you-ask
For: Remote team manager
How it feels: Hesitation. What you want instead: Connected.
Updated: 2026-10-16

## The problem

Messaging someone at 2 am their time feels rude, and waiting a day feels slow. You never know who is reachable.

## How Plexii handles it

The People Map shows each person’s local time on a day-and-night world view, and presence shows who is online, in focus or busy. Knock to ask for a word, or send a video message to watch when they are back.

In short: Distributed teams lose hours to “are they around?”. See every colleague’s local time and status, knock for a quick word, or leave a short video they can watch when their day starts.

## Step-by-step guides

- [People Map](https://plexiidesk.com/help/people-map)
- [Presence and your status](https://plexiidesk.com/help/people-presence)
- [Video calls and knocking](https://plexiidesk.com/help/calls-and-knock)
- [Send a video or voice message](https://plexiidesk.com/help/meet-video-voice-messages)

Screenshot: https://plexiidesk.com/usecase-assets/shots/people-overview.552e4efee6.webp (A screenshot of the real app, with sample data.)