Slow texters
Slow texters
I fundamentally cannot understand people who are consistently unable to reply to WhatsApp messages in less than 48 hours. Like it’s their MO, rather than being temporarily unavailable. WhatsApp is conversational, waiting two days to reply kills it.
Also it’s even worse when they’re the one initiating the convo
Also it’s even worse when they’re the one initiating the convo
Re: Slow texters
They want to appear mysterious and important where your message is low down on their importance calendar.
Oh and as I’m here, no I don’t have your blockbuster video card and I’m sure I didn’t borrow Gladiator.
Dave!
Oh and as I’m here, no I don’t have your blockbuster video card and I’m sure I didn’t borrow Gladiator.
Dave!
Re: Slow texters
Ain't that the truth. I get that we all might take a day to respond sometimes, however when it's every. single. time.
I wrote a thing about this years ago, there's a lot of truth in the saying "If you want something done quickly, ask a busy person"
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When I know there’s going to be a lot of back and forth and I don’t have time to get into it, I won’t reply:
Some people with a high level of self importance get very arsey if you don’t commit to their dialog…
Some people with a high level of self importance get very arsey if you don’t commit to their dialog…
Re: Slow texters
I knew someone would say that
Just to be clear, it's normal to respond both slowly or quickly depending on all kinds of factors. Sometimes I respond after two or three days, sometimes after two or three seconds. It's a vast range depending on all kinds of factors.
My only exception is when you're a client or if it's work-related, then I will respond within minutes wherever possible as that's simply good customer service/good business practice.
This thread is very specifically aimed at people who are fundamentally incapable of responding to anything within 48 hours.
Just to be clear, it's normal to respond both slowly or quickly depending on all kinds of factors. Sometimes I respond after two or three days, sometimes after two or three seconds. It's a vast range depending on all kinds of factors.
My only exception is when you're a client or if it's work-related, then I will respond within minutes wherever possible as that's simply good customer service/good business practice.
This thread is very specifically aimed at people who are fundamentally incapable of responding to anything within 48 hours.
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I just forget. I'm in loads of different groups as well as invdividual chats, so opening up WA after a few hours has a bunch of alerts. Problem is I sometimes read them, think "I reply to that later" then just...forget to. That's old age for you.
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I used to be a reliably quick responder, but now I just always seem to be busy and not have time to think about replying, also a case of seeing the message, making a mental note to reply later and forgetting. I try where possible to leave it unread until I know I'm going to have time to reply, but it doesn't always work.
Having a child has definitely made it worse, now I get that whole situation where I finish work and am expected to be immediately mentally present for engaging with the little one, so being on my phone is not well received. Then it gets past the little one's bed time and I usually have 5mins to myself but my brain is mush by then so I will probably forget and look at cat clips on insta or something instead.
Having a child has definitely made it worse, now I get that whole situation where I finish work and am expected to be immediately mentally present for engaging with the little one, so being on my phone is not well received. Then it gets past the little one's bed time and I usually have 5mins to myself but my brain is mush by then so I will probably forget and look at cat clips on insta or something instead.
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I’m the same as Matty, I’ll reply to that later and never do, I’m not that old though so don’t know what excuse I can use
The one that annoys me more than this is the typing notifications/ 3 blobs- when you see that for ages expecting an essay and it’s just “ok”
The one that annoys me more than this is the typing notifications/ 3 blobs- when you see that for ages expecting an essay and it’s just “ok”
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And another one yesterday. A friend messaged "Morning, how are you?" at 8am. I replied 10 mins later "Good thanks! How about you?"
I honestly don't get it
Mind you, this is someone who is terminally 'busy' so they might simply enjoy having loads of unread WhatsApp messages so they can feel important and tell people how stacked they are, and show how many messages they need to catch up on. That definitely tracks
I honestly don't get it
Mind you, this is someone who is terminally 'busy' so they might simply enjoy having loads of unread WhatsApp messages so they can feel important and tell people how stacked they are, and show how many messages they need to catch up on. That definitely tracks
Re: Slow texters
Why do people tolerate twatty friends ?
Dave!
Dave!
Re: Slow texters
Am I too late to comment on the op?