I’ll admit it. I’m a texting machine. I have unlimited text messages that I pay $15/month for and damn it, I’m going to get my money’s worth!
When I send a text, however, I sometimes forget that not EVERYONE likes to text as much as I do. And that not everyone has unlimited texting (cheap bastards), OR unlimited time to spend texting, and that even if they do have time to text, they may not WANT to.
Still…when I send a text and don’t get one back, it irks me. Mostly when I send one to my mom or to Dan, because usually those texts need an immediate answer. And sometimes they’re in return to a text I just got, so I know the person in question has a phone on him/her!
Like when I text my mom for an address while I’m AT the post office and get one back 5 HOURS LATER.
Or when I text Dan while I’m at the grocery store asking if he wants anything and he sends me one back after I’m already home that says, “Mac and cheese.” Sorry slowpoke, go get it yourself.
Yes, I could call. But a text won’t keep me on the phone for 20 minutes asking if I’m depressed or maybe turning into an alcoholic after reading my Facebook status that was just a song lyric, mom.
Usually my unanswered texts are followed up with a “Helllloooooo?” which will then sometimes work and provide me with an answer, or just get me back another “Hello.”
But one time? My gentle reminder to respond to my text didn’t yield the results I wanted. After waiting and waiting for a response, and checking my phone so much, I probably looked like I was trying to make a drug deal, Dan texted me back with one word. A word that all email marketers fear with every fiber of their being.
He said:
“UNSUBSCRIBE.”
So, since my boyfriend has unsubscribed from communicating with me digitally, and my mom will probably be next, can I have your number?
10 comments:
I almost spit a mouthful of coca-cola at the computer screen when I read this.
What a jerk... What a hilarious jerk.
Stacey, he's definitely both of those. Luckily, he's a hilarious jerk more than he's just a jerk. :)
I am totally in for texting! Now that I've got this unlimited business and Blackberry thingie, I can't stop myself.
(And I swear I'm not a crazy lady despite this comment. And despite me saying that I'm not crazy)
OMG I love texting! I prefer that to almost speaking on the phone. I have unlimited texts too, we definitely need to exchange numbers :)
I'm definitely a texter as well. I feel like they are less intrusive than a phone call, even when I send multiple messages in a row.
the only reason my boyfriend and i have a nationwide plan with a crazy amount of minutes is because he's always on the phone for work or with his friends/sponsees who live in new york, chicago, and los angeles.
i maybe use a total of 30 minutes a month. i definitely prefer texting and now that i have a blackberry, using the messenger. i know that texting and messaging is such an impersonal way to communicate, but i don't care. it's faster, easier, and cheaper in my book.
plus, for me, getting a text or message is just like getting snail mail, only it's a lot faster.
I think texting is good for little things. Like the "hey I'm at the store, can I get you anything?" Not good for trying to have a catching up with an old friend conversation. I mostly prefer it for just the general questions cause I'm not much of a talker anyway. My sister however, is nonstop. I find it totally rude when we're having dinner or hiking or doing something together and she's preoccupied with texting. It makes me feel as if I'm less important than the constant communication she gets from whoever she keeps texting. It's almost pointless to be spending the time with her if she's only gonna be there physically.
this blog is mostly hilarious because I'M IN IT...j/k. it's hilarious because Leah thinks everyone is poised to reply, like she is poised to text. but sometimes, you're peeing, or working, or in a meeting, or in therapy, and you can't respond. if you don't respond within her 'window of opportunity,' you get another text with your name and twenty-seven exlamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! like the ones i just typed.
B hates hates HATES to text.
I refuse to talk on the phone. Ever.
It doesn't work so well...
God, I hate waiting for texts. It drives me freaking insane.
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