Rudeness

Please excuse me while I get something off my chest.

Is it just me, or is it incredibly rude to ignore a text from someone? I know not everyone is into the whole texting thing, and that is fine. But if I know you can and will text when you want to, and you don't respond within a few hours, then I will take it as a huge insult.

Why is it ok to totally ignore someone just because they are not talking to you in person? If some walked up to you and said,"Hi! How are you doing today?", would you feel perfectly comfortable pretending like you didn't even hear them? NO! So why is ok to do the same thing via text?

One of the great things about texting is convenience. If you are busy when you get a text, you can put it aside until you have time to text back. If you don't know what to say in response, you can think about for a while before you respond. When I send a text, I don't expect a response immediately. I give the other person the benefit of the doubt, and wait up to a full day for a response. But any longer than that, and you better have a pretty damn good excuse, like your phone blew up the moment you got my text, and it was impossible for you to get a new phone because you where lost in the Grand Canyon. Something like that. Even then, I might have an inkling that you are blowing me off.

So what can I do about other peoples' bad texting manners? Not much. But if I seem really annoyed with you next time we meet, try to remember if you ignored my text.