Among Friends

[LTT1]

@TX-starlight

I think there are some rules of polite digital communication that I am unsure of, and maybe others are too.

I can ask DD, who usually knows what these rules are, but who do you ask if you don’t have a young person around?

Remember hearing that email messages have rules for use?     (Especially in business situations)

Maybe you could “clue” your friend in somehow.

Maybe she is scattered and doesn’t realize she is being rude?

[151949]

Not everyone is completely addicted to their cell phone , wearing it on them 24/7. If you NEED to communicate with me that badly - just simply call me , either on my cell or my landline phone and if I'm available I'll answer , and if not you can leave me a message. Recently , I was taking a bath and a lady who schedules us at a volunteer job I have called me. DH answered and told her I'd call her back when I finished my bath. She was really agitated that he would not take me the phone in the tub.

[ValuSkr]

Yes, it is rude not to respond - or to respond a month later.  I still like to email but it seems the rest of the world has moved on to other forms of communication so guess I'll give that up.

[TX-starlight]

@ValuSkr I have a few friends who do not do Facebook, we still communicate via email. They usually respond back within a reasonable time. 

*I forgot to mention my #1 friend who doesn't respond to texts, when we are together, she is constantly checking to see if her daughter has texted. 

[on the bay]

For me, and perhaps for others, I'm not talking about me sending a text and someone not answering.

I'm talking about someone  sends me a text that needs an answer and I might text back with a further question or something needing a little more conversation. And their original text might be a group text or just to me.

So that person decides not to text back until next morning or even a few days afterward.

My complaint has nothing to do with people who don't keep their phones on them 24/7! I don't either and I don't check my phone over and over when I'm with others.

My complaint is if you have time to send a text that needs conversation, finish the dang conversation rather than making people waft in the wind for days!

If you don't have the time or courtesy to respond like others have to you, then text another time.

When someone does this over and over it is rude and inconsiderate.

I think some people did not read all the above well because its not just texting people who don't like to text. Its them not responding to a text conversation they started, at least for me anyway!Or not just a one time thing but doing this all the time.

[missy1]

I can relate. I have one friend who don't respond for weeks. It's not that hard to reply to a text.

[CalminHeart]

I'm sorry this is so frustrating.  Some of us (me too) are Type A when it comes to these things and others are laid back.  You can't control others but you can control how yiou react.  Life is so short.  Do the best you can with responses and deal with the delays.  Or pick up the phone and call.  

[hckynut]

@TX-starlight

I don't text for my own reasons, and not because I am an electronics illiterate. My primary way of communicating, behind face to face of course, is via a telephone call. 

Should I get a person's Voice Mail, I wait a reasonable amount of time, which to me is 2-3 days, depending on their profession. If no response, I repeat the above.

No reply? I cross them of my memory bank, if/and until I hear from them. Do I get frustrated? No! Don't care if it is a direct family member/good friend or just an acquaintance. 

They don't have time for me?  Oh well! I don't waste my energy on anything or anyone with negativity, not the way I live my life?

hn

[AnikaBrodie]

Texting?  Rarely do it and I mean rarely

Phone?  Sometimes, if I have to

Face to face?  There you go. 

Note:  We've really lost the art of communication.

Hello @hckynut ... Hope you and your wife and all the felines are doing well.  Happy spring.

[proudlyfromNJ]

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@AnikaBrodie wrote:

Texting?  Rarely do it and I mean rarely

Phone?  Sometimes, if I have to

Face to face?  There you go. 

Note:  We've really lost the art of communication.

Hello @hckynut ... Hope you and your wife and all the felines are doing well.  Happy spring.

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@AnikaBrodie.  Sometimes it's not that easy. My small family live 4 states away and in another country across the world. If it wasn't for texting and FaceTime and phone, I would be out of luck. You do what you have to do.