Thursday, May 25, 2006
"just wanted 2 say hi"
That was the sentence fragment of a text message I received last night....at midnight.
Seriously....is it just me or has text messaging gotten out of control? I never respond to them anymore. Well, I shouldn't say never. I responded last night because I thought it was one of "those" texts, but no...it was just one of those annoying "I want to say hi without actually having to hear your voice or give you 3 minutes of my time."
At first, people replaced their land line phones with their cell phones. Other than the fact that reception always sucks no matter where I live, I don't have a problem with that. What I do have a problem with, is that now people that only use computers for email are replacing their computers with text messaging. I am even getting forwards now. Like I need to be sitting in a meeting and receive a text messaging saying "You've just been tagged. Pass this along to other people that you want to piss off...."
The worst is when I'm talking with someone and they get a text message that they respond to while I'm still talking to them. I always think it's important so I ask "Is everything ok?" "Oh yeah, just trying to find out where HH is tonight." Oh, HH is an abbreviation for Happy Hour. Too long to type out in text messaging.
I know I'm in the minority on this, but I just find it useless. If you want to say hi or check in with me, just give me a call. I mean, you'll more than likely get my voicemail and I may or may not call you back, but at least you're not pissing me off.
That was the sentence fragment of a text message I received last night....at midnight.
Seriously....is it just me or has text messaging gotten out of control? I never respond to them anymore. Well, I shouldn't say never. I responded last night because I thought it was one of "those" texts, but no...it was just one of those annoying "I want to say hi without actually having to hear your voice or give you 3 minutes of my time."
At first, people replaced their land line phones with their cell phones. Other than the fact that reception always sucks no matter where I live, I don't have a problem with that. What I do have a problem with, is that now people that only use computers for email are replacing their computers with text messaging. I am even getting forwards now. Like I need to be sitting in a meeting and receive a text messaging saying "You've just been tagged. Pass this along to other people that you want to piss off...."
The worst is when I'm talking with someone and they get a text message that they respond to while I'm still talking to them. I always think it's important so I ask "Is everything ok?" "Oh yeah, just trying to find out where HH is tonight." Oh, HH is an abbreviation for Happy Hour. Too long to type out in text messaging.
I know I'm in the minority on this, but I just find it useless. If you want to say hi or check in with me, just give me a call. I mean, you'll more than likely get my voicemail and I may or may not call you back, but at least you're not pissing me off.
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