Do you text?

[A930Rocket]

For personal, I text within my immediate family individually and sometimes a group text. I like texting for extended family, so I don’t have to talk to them. Keeps it short.

For work, I prefer email for documentation, but do text sometimes.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by look 171

You know when you are not a pro at texting? I bet everything I got on this one that all of you text with only one of your index finger. I do and a young, teenager I think, laughed at me and said," why do old people text with only one finger?" I started to noticed that too. I tried the two thumbs methods. What a disaster? It was suppose to be, 12:30 for a lunch meeting instead, I want to jump into bed with your wife at 12:30. What a mess.

It's all about swiping, far faster and more efficient than poking. I've been doing it with swype keyboard app for ~ 10 years. They've recently added it into IOS natively.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by MMiller

I use it a lot for business, works well, information comes quick , gets rid of all the wasted time with pleasantries that come with a phone call..

Agree. I prefer texts anytime over being bothered with a call. My preferred methods of communication are in this order:
Text
Email
Snail mail
Conversation. And at that, ALL calls go to message first then I know what they want.

Don't you just love it when you listen to a message, call back and they start at the beginning like they never left a message? That's why I hate to talk to people.

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by SiberianDVM

so many people just let the phone go to voicemail.

With certain people? Absolutely.

People who text: a) assume you have time to constantly check your phone and b)expect an immediate response.

If it is important leave a message and even call back. If it isn't then I'll get to it when I have a chance. I refuse to be ruled by my phone.

[SiberianDVM]

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

With certain people? Absolutely.

People who text: a) assume you have time to constantly check your phone and b)expect an immediate response.

If it is important leave a message and even call back. If it isn't then I'll get to it when I have a chance. I refuse to be ruled by my phone.

I don't agree. I text when I don't need an immediate response. Just text me back when you feel like it. If it's before 11PM, my phone will chirp. after 11PM it just holds it until I check it.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by SiberianDVM

I don't agree. I text when I don't need an immediate response. Just text me back when you feel like it. If it's before 11PM, my phone will chirp. after 11PM it just holds it until I check it.

Exactly, if I needed immediate response, I'd call. I very rarely need an immediate response.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

With certain people? Absolutely.

People who text: a) assume you have time to constantly check your phone and b)expect an immediate response.

If it is important leave a message and even call back. If it isn't then I'll get to it when I have a chance. I refuse to be ruled by my phone.

I think that you don’t understand texting.

[RSBob]

This thread really is telling about ages.

I exclusively text except with my 88 year old mother who can’t handle anything tech other than her TV clicker. My 89 YO dad and I text regularly. My age...65.

[G50]

Surprised by the responses.
I had to check the dates on this thread, I thought for sure it was another one of those resurrected from years ago.

[URY914]

Text all the time. To family and work folks. I'm a two thumbs texter. Some people talk-to -text. I should start to do that.

All you guys that don't text need to update your flip phone and start.

[HardDrive]

What planet do you geezers live on?

My parents are in their late 70s, and text all the time.

[livi]

Every day. With my kids not least. Letting them know I love them. Mostly with a silly selfie. Just one way and return. No back and forth.

[rattlsnak]

Just made me look.. I sent / received 227 texts today.. and that was a slow day.. and yes, I’m old.. lol..

[KFC911]

I'm guessing many of you guys are attached to your phones?

I'm not...

I'm gonna purchase extra bags of fescue too.... just because

[KFC911]

One more thing ....

My elderly parents' phones (when texting was enabled) were under constant fishing attempts via "text" by scammers/hackers.... some quite clever and insidious... but they had no clue. They never texted back, but the attempts were non-stop until I disabled it.

The common denominator.... a family member's phone has been to China a few times... go figure ?

[asphaltgambler]

Depends on the recipient and the subject. It is very direct, immediate and convenient.

[slow&rusty]

One spin to all of this.

I recently sold my Porsche 928 to a younger guy (think millennial) - 28 years old. He has been texting me frequently about the car and random questions etc, the texts can be used as a paper trail to verify a conversation and details, similar to emails rather than a conversation which can turn into a he said / she said.

[911_Dude]

Ill take texting over a phone call any day. What chaps my hide is when I text someone and they call me back right away. NOOOOO Idiot, I dont want to talk to you or I would have called! My brother does this all the time, and no he is not doing something like driving or whatever.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by 911_Dude

Ill take texting over a phone call any day. What chaps my hide is when I text someone and they call me back right away. NOOOOO Idiot, I dont want to talk to you or I would have called! My brother does this all the time, and no he is not doing something like driving or whatever.

I like your brother .

You wanna communicate with me? My terms...

Don't text me bro

[sammyg2]

I don't send texts if I can help it. I occasionally get them, but I don't check them very often.

Sometimes people ask why i didn't respond to their text. I tell them that I will, eventually when I get around to it. If they wanted an immediate answer they should have called.
There's a reason they call it a phone and not a texter.