Are you into texting?

[Alizerine]

Simple possibly - reading / answering during a class or meeting - bad manners. Not so bad if you wait for a break and then check.

That's why I text instead of calling.

 

[dusty]

I hate getting cold-called. Phone rings and I have to put down whatever I'm doing and find out why I'm being called? Much prefer to know when to expect a call. For the same reason I try never to cold call anyone else.

Actually, you don't need to stop what you are doing to answer the phone or to do anything else. I never answer the phone and no texting for me. I go through any and all calls at some point in the day and answer the ones to me that aren't spam.

There is a lot os spam. Since I have zero family I rarely get calls.

 

[Pepper]

Texting my favorite way to communicate. Brevity. Like brevity.

 

[Manatee]

With texting I send it at my convenience, and they read it at their convenience.

My first choice is a land line.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

Last night I received a text from a friend, and it wasn't good news. I was in the middle of trying to figure out how to reply. Just above the keyboard on my phone, there is a little bar that offers several brief one-touch responses. I accidentally bumped the one that said "That's great!" and it instantly went out. Then I had to quickly send another text to explain. NO, I do not like texting.

 

[dilettante]

Last night I received a text from a friend, and it wasn't good news. I was in the middle of trying to figure out how to reply. Just above the keyboard on my phone, there is a little bar that offers several brief one-touch responses. I accidentally bumped the one that said "That's great!" and it instantly went out. Then I had to quickly send another text to explain. NO, I do not like texting.

I've been burned that way.

It seems to happen most often when the other party is having some emotional crisis and has run out of shoulders to cry on.

> My life is a disaster. Car broke down and the tow truck wants a credit card so I'm stuck.
< "That's great!"

 

[JustDave]

why text when I can actually talk to someone.

Exactly, I've asked this question to avid texters. I usually get a reply like, "Well, you could call, but ______________." I can't remember what they put in the blank. Whatever it was, it didn't seem worth remembering.

 

[JustDave]

I remember a woman sitting across from me waiting for the next flight at an airport. She was texting nonstop, with fingers flying over that tiny key pad, with never more than a minute before texting again. This went on for 10 minutes, maybe longer. I talked to her briefly. She smiled happily and said she was texting her son. That's all we said. I don't know why texting instead of a phone call, but it's what people do.

 

[Liberty]

We've never really had so very many ways to keep from Really communicating!

 

[CallMeKate]

Last night I received a text from a friend, and it wasn't good news. I was in the middle of trying to figure out how to reply. Just above the keyboard on my phone, there is a little bar that offers several brief one-touch responses. I accidentally bumped the one that said "That's great!" and it instantly went out. Then I had to quickly send another text to explain. NO, I do not like texting.

Oh my, that's horrible! Good thing you noticed it right away, though.
I seriously detest texting...

 

[Twostep]

It allows my small circle of "checking on each other" folks signs of life in the morning and generally a kitty picture. Reaching SO by phone when he is in the office is virtually impossible. He will text though.

 

[MarkD]

I’m a one finger texter so hardly proficient but I much prefer getting a text than a call in most circumstances.

 

[Teacher Terry]

Yes texting is a quick way to ask questions or get information. For regular conversation then obviously a call is better.