Texting 101

Monday, August 31, 2009

Don't you just hate it when someone texts you - those (a) short and close-ended kind of texts or (b) those out of the blue fyi/self-centered/narcissist kind of texts? And just out of courtesy/politeness, you still reply; not to forget that you had to rack your brains out just to think of a reply. I mean how/what else am I going to reply to (a) "Hey!" or "Good Morning" or (b) "Good morning, I'm going to go swimming today" other than (a) Hey! or Good Morning lang din and (b) Good morning, so what? Sana kasi may follow up man lang na "How are you?" or "What are you doing today?" or "Have a nice day" diba? Labo dudes. As in. So now the textee pa ends up having to make all the effort to keep the text going. Of course, you don't want to come off as aloof or nagfee-feeling din diba?

The biggest catch is, if you do reply, either all you get is another lousy close-ended text or sometimes, you don't even get a freakin' response! Go figure. I mean it's just so bomalabs lang talaga. Why text in the first place if you have no intention whatsoever to make conversation? It's a total waste of time. What's the point? I don't get it. Geez luiz.