Texting=my pet peeve

[BrianEn]

I don't have a cell so I don't text. But the art of taliking on the phone is gone it's all texting. I can see quick messages of meet you at or something like that. What happened to making good old fashioned phone calls. I like hearing voices. Just a quick thought and if you prefer text that's a personal choice no meaning to hassle anyone here.

[BrianEn]

My other pet peeve is my typing.

[TargeT]

it seems like a more courteous way of communicating, the recipient can respond when they want and take their time to respond as they want (not that it's currently being used that way, but it can be...) of course as I see teenagers use them (mine included) it’s as you say, a conversation replacement.

Calling someone and expecting them to drop everything and answer (as some people do) is my pet peeve it just seems very rude, especially in my situation where I'm often in meetings and cannot be disturbed, I have taken to always having my phone on silent, if I feel it vibrate I might answer, I might not, depends on the situation at the time of the call.


I think texting is an interesting move for person to person communication (and conveying a message via text (ie words, not text message necessarily) is one of the worst ways of communicating we have at our disposal, no inflection or body language is included, so much is lost)

[Kano]

I always looked at the phone as being there for me to make calls, not receive them necessarily. I refuse to be a slave to my phone like most of the people I see.

I read an interesting article a while back that made the argument that humans are actually de-evolving due to our lack of personal interaction via technology (email, text, etc). If I can find it, I'll repost it here.

[Daft Ada]

Well Kano I feel exactly the same as you and I only use my phone to make calls and as a convenience for me, I don't give my number to anyone and if anyone demands a number I give them the land line and tell them I haven't got a mobile. I'm afraid I regard it as nothing but a means of being able to get hold of you 24/7 and I won't subscribe to that.

[Kano]

Daft,

Very wise. I won't subscribe to it either.

[BrianEn]

My peeve is directed more at the replacment of the art of conversation. I had a cell and told people I didn't want to have answer 500 texts and would phone people after 5 texts. Sitting and typing wasn't enjoyable to me at all. I have to on forums but skype has voice capqabilities so I prefer that on there. Text carries no inflextions and don't like haqving to use similies to express what I'm feeling. Just a personal choice on my end and I'd rather sit face to face than talk on the phone.

[DevilPigeon]

I've a massive phobia of talking on the phone, I get all panicky just at the thought of it. Texting relieves that communication somewhat, but to be honest I don't even do that as much as I used to either. I occasionally put the odd post on Twitter, even rarely still I might put something on dreaded Facebook.

[BrianEn]

We all have our personal tastes. The tech is allowing us to access all different forms of communicating. We can choose what like. Like I said this thread isn't meant to get down on anyone. Plus it's reminding me to be a little more broad minded about things. The old ways aren't always the better ways.

[Vitalux]

Posted by BrianEn (here)
What happened to making good old fashioned phone calls.

Things change always.

Like standing on the shore of a river and watching the water go by, not too much you can do to change the nature of the Universe.

[BrianEn]

I love standing by the river watching the water go by. That's actually one of my favorite things.



Plus phoning relavitley new tech. We used to send mail before that.

[Justintime]

I wish I was in middle school nowadays, kind of. I remember what a relationship was like with my first few,"girlfriends" ugh. Spending literally, hours on the phone talking about," my day," it was mind numbing. And then in high school the art of the "game" so to speak. When do I call, how often is too often, what if she doesn't call me back, desperate messages on her answering machine and oh not to,mention the parents picking up and listen in on my calls. Yikes.

Yeah, a text message every now and then seems much easier. Talking can be over rated sometimes too.

[Earth Angel]

texting is becoming like a disease, people don't even realize they are being rude......you are in the middle of talking and they stop and start reading a text.....i am guilty of this myself....I think it was a deliberate plan to have us not communicate , emails, and texting have taken over the phone call.....the only person i talk to regularly on the phone is my mother (she cant text)

and of course there is a huge margin for error in texting as in if you don't LOL your way through the whole message you can be completely misunderstood.......I also don't like the idea that everyone has an answering machine/voice mail now....there is no such thing as just not being reachable. My 23 year old has dumped her facebook and is now talking about getting rid of her cell phone.....so far she is just making more of an effort to use it as a phone (unhealthy) than for texting.....she says people need to remember what it was like when you called someone and they were out, that was it....now they leave a message, email you and text you.....like you don't have any rights to be UNAVAILABLE anymore.

[soleil]

i'm not a big phone talker, and i text even less. i have a pay as you go and probably make <5-10 calls per month on it.
although at work, i'm on the phone speaking to 40+ people per day. i have great phone and interpersonal skills. its just that i dont like to be on the phone during my personal time. :D

its impossible to get others to actually make an effort. i feel that everyone else just uses the fact that if a person is 'not available' on the phone/ via text or via fb, then that person doesnt deserve the interaction (minimal at that), and then never actually make an effort to see eachother in person. those are the people i have a problem with.

[Ernie Nemeth]

I either text with my daughter or we don't communicate.

Today I got the strangest, most insulting communication of all. A customer phoned me - with a recorded message. On principal, I did not listen to the message - which could cost me $4000. I've already told her I do not answer restricted phone calls - if you can't show your number, I won't answer. For her I made an exception, I answer her restricted number. But call me and not be on the other end, just a recorded message, that's going too far. Hope she calls me back in person. I'll give her a call maybe next week if I do not hear from her.

[BrianEn]

My number is automatically blocked but with many people on my speed dial I have the code to unblock as pqart of their number so they always see my name when I phone and if they can't take the call they can phone bavck and if it's urgent I'll leave a message

[Arpheus]

Been 7 years without a cell phone now and let me tell you it feels great,and very human like,you guys should try it sometimes,every time i see people glued to their phones completely oblivious about their surroundings it sends me a sad reminder about the current state of hypnosis and illusion that most people live in it,especially the teenagers its like i live in the real matrix and it doesnt feel good or right,of course thats my personal view/opinion,but i am not a fan of those devices at all.

[Ernie Nemeth]

Hey Brian,
Thanks for the reminder, I texted my customer (it is something I rarely automatically think of doing). She texted me back. I got the job, gotta be there at 7:30 tomorrow, yeah!

[BrianEn]

Cool...............

[Carolin]

I HATE the phone, guess I'm scarred from my husband's ex playing head games with hang-ups and numberous calls a day. Those calls have since stopped but my hatred for the phone remains. Thanks to call display I rarely pick up the phone at home and I refuse to answer any 800/888 numbers or long distance that I don't recognize. My favourite ways to communicate are bbm, text, facebook and lastly email. They haven't replaced my interaction in person but allow me to stay in contact with friends and family even more. Trying to get my 78 year old Mom on facebook so she knows what's going on with everyone.

My pet peeve is people talking on their cell phones super loud out in public.......so text away people........text away.