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Mickey Richaud

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<span style="font-size: 26pt"> WHY??? </span>

It takes longer to text what you want to say, and is annoying to others in the company of the ones who are caught up in the process.

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Completely beyond me. I just don't get it.
 
Mickey Richaud said:
Completely beyond me. I just don't get it.
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You're old, Mickey. Simple as that.

So am I (at 39 no less). Have texting turned off on my phone so I don't have to pay for it. I guess that makes me old and cheap.
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I do believe it is a generational thing. Similar I suppose to how my sister or I could spend hours on the telephone with our friends when we were kids -- while my parents I'm sure wondered why (we'd see the friend or girlfriend the next day at school anyways).
 
Texting is easier than calling.

Calling or being called requires more attention than texting. If you're playing a video game or working or cooking, you can do some things and then get back to texting. You can also get back to someone at your leisure, which is much easier than missing a call, calling back and getting no one, and then being called again.

Texting is also easier to get information, like an address, a phone number, and specific things like restaurant orders or a car part number. You don't need to get scratch paper and write it down, just look at your message.

Texting is slower, however, and causes problems while driving. When you pick someone up from their house, texting back and forth is annoying when you want them to come outside. But other than that, texting is much easier as long as you can type.
 
tk421 said:
Texting is easier than calling.

Calling or being called requires more attention than texting.
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REALLY?

Sorry, I am old (62!), and I don't get it.

No way is it easier to look at a miniature keyboard and type out a message with fat fingers than simply speak.

Not to mention the time delay between responses, which is non-existent when actually talking to someone.

Ah well. I yield. :crazy:
 
I have often called my son.... it goes to voice mail so I hang up knowing that he will see my number show up on his missed call list. A few mins later, I usually get a text that says "What's up?"
I do a slow burn and text him back and say "call your old man... please"
I really don't want to text back and explain the reason I called when I can just speak with him.
I'm with you Mickey; and NO, I don't think it's an age thing.
 
I'm 40 and rather old school when it comes to technology, I got into a cell phone rather late compared to most other people, and I don't text! :hammer:

Heck I would rather call someone to get information rather than sending multiple e-mails back and forth (which happens quite often), to me the phone call gets the job done rather nicely, go ahead and call me old fashioned...
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This may be a high jack on this thread. I fell the same way about texting and also as much about emails. I deal with two aircraft manufactures that we need tech support with and ordering parts. When you call them more than 90% of the time it goes to a voice mail but when you email you get a answer quicker that the returned phone call. I don't like doing tech support by email I don't think you tell them you problem best by email than over the phone by voice.
 
tk421 said:
Texting is slower, however, and causes problems while driving. When you pick someone up from their house, texting back and forth is annoying when you want them to come outside.
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Wassamatta? Your horns don't work?! :devilgrin:
 
I never generate the first text message. I will reply to a text, but I prefer calling or e-mails.

I truly hate the phone, so e-mail works best for me.
 
Mickey Richaud said:
It takes longer to text what you want to say,.
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if u use hf the ltrs txtng s fst

we use texting ALLOT at work, since it is less disruptive in meetings but I usually send the messages from my laptop.
 
I don't text/twitter/facebook/& whatever else is out there.
Have we gone too far - rather than dealing direct with each other?
 
To me they are all just tools.

Used appropriatly, texting can be one of those tools.
I also send notes using paper and pencil. :wink:

These days, we tend to use cell phones more and more (neither of my kids have land lines in their houses).
And cell phones are <span style="text-decoration: underline">never</span> as clear as land lines (in my experience).
If I combine a weak-ish cell phone connection with my crappy hearing, it is often hard for me to understand what's being said.
But I can read texts no problem.

Yesterday, we went to the Jersey Shore (LBI) because our kids and grandkids are all down there this week.
I had no idea of the address, so I just texted one of my daughters.
She sends back the address, I put it in the GPS, and we get there no problem.
Some day, the GPS will drive the car there and I can sleep in the back seat or read the paper.
That will be OK with me too. :laugh:
 
A modest proposal:

If we don't like texting (or whatever) - don't do it.

Then ignore those who do. Tried it - it worked.

Easy, but pointless, to get worked up about what others do - unless it's hurting someone.

The 24/7 communication systems we have today are fantastic tools. But I wonder if using them 24/7 for often useless messages just means we're lonelier than we think.

Onward through the fog.
Tom
 
NutmegCT said:
A modest proposal:

If we don't like texting (or whatever) - don't do it.

Then ignore those who do.
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Kinda hard to do when they're sitting next to you and you WERE having a conversation.
 
Mickey Richaud said:
NutmegCT said:
A modest proposal:

If we don't like texting (or whatever) - don't do it.

Then ignore those who do.
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Kinda hard to do when they're sitting next to you and you WERE having a conversation.
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YIKES! they're sitting next to you and start texting you?

(if they're texting someone else ... then even more reason to ignore them - unless they're at the wheel!)

T.
 
No - not texting me. But for some reason, it's OK these days to text someone while talking to someone else. :crazy:
 
It's not OK, it's rude. :nonono: Same with receiving a phone call while talking with someone else, unless it's an emergency I'll always tell the caller that I'll call them back later. All too often, people will take the call and gab away, often about nothing important while the other person just has to sit there. It seems that being polite has gone down the drain.
 
Suggestion: when the other person drops out of your personal conversation to take a text (or call), after a few seconds, just look at them and say "I'd appreciate it if you'd wait til afterward."

Repeat 'til they stop.

Works for me.

I once went to register for a course at the local college. The staff person called up my record on the screen, then started asking me a few questions.

About one minute into the questions, her cell rang. She picked it up and began a totally personal conversation. After five minutes of listening to her, I realized that if I just stood there, nothing would change.

So I started using that "look at them and say stop" technique - and it's worked ever since.

If it doesn't work, then walk away. If you're lucky, that *might* get their attention.

T.
 
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