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This is probably my biggest pet peeve. I think it’s common courtesy to respond to someone when they write, call, txt, e-mail, etc. (FYI - this does not apply to people I am corresponding with on here). Especially during this age where there are so many ways to access e-mail and with mobile phones, it shouldn’t be that difficult to respond to someone. Yet people try to find excuses not to. “I was busy”. We’re all feckin busy! Even the people who don’t have jobs are busy looking for jobs, but ya know what? I’m busy too, yet I find time to respond! So, with all these different avenues of communication, I take it personally when people don’t respond. Let me explain…I’m not one of those people who has to have a response right away; I understand that people have lives and things come up, so I will generally allow a couple weeks (which I think is pretty generous) for them to get back to me (unless I know they’re on vacation, etc). After a couple weeks, I will send them a friendly reminder, and if I still don’t hear from them in a week, I know it’s personal. How could it not be? If someone doesn’t respond to you for a month, or months on end, you know it’s personal. The old “I forgot” excuse isn’t valid, because generally speaking, you can’t forget about someone you care about. I don’t care what excuses people use, if you don’t write, call, txt, etc. it means you’re not thinking about that person or you’re actively ignoring them and not being honest with them about it. The exceptions obviously are you’re stranded or on vacation, etc. The thing that bugs me most is seeing that these people are active on internet sites, like facebook, myspace, etc. They will respond to other people’s statuses, make comments on their photos, yet not take 5 minutes to type a response to me, so they’ve been lying to me about caring about me. I’d rather they be honest up front and say, “no, I don’t care about you, never have, never will”.
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Posted by Moon_Dreams on 2009-09-28 11:11:04 | Rating: | Views: 15
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