Monday, May 19, 2008

One Message Recieved.


Most of the time we get exited when we see the one message received sign blinking on our mobiles. Text messages have become a godsend to people who are too busy to write e mails or to make phone calls, who are too scared to apologize or break up face to face.Text messages can also be used to cast a vote for an "American idol or sirasa super star" favorite or to flirt with someone u haven’t even met!

Last night I messaged one of my friends asking her to return my note book. The reply I got was just one letter that was "K" .I knew she was telling OK but suddenly I was thinking oh is she mad at me? Because i felt it’s kind of rude, then I called her and asked hey is everything OK? Are u mad with me?.
Her exact words were "No dear why would I be mad with u? I was too lazy to type that's why I sent just a K"
This is not the first time this has happened to me often my friends think I am mad with them or i think their mad with me because of short messages like "OK. bye. tx, ttyl ".
Text messages are a good way to keep u going, if Ur bored, but if Ur busy u will want to reply in one or two words. But sometimes it will offend the receiver.

Before text messages were introduced we all managed to survive didn't we?
Anyway I think most of the time text messages are convenient only to the sender. take this for an example I have a relationship crisis, and I text my friend telling how I feel, then she texts me back consoling me, then again I reply her, and this can go on like this for for few mins, in a case like this one person will send at least 5 text's, where as the friend had nothing to do with it , she will end up wasting her money as well.
If not for messages we would have used to solve the problem using a phone call, it would have been a bit expensive but lot convenient and fast right? Another thing I have noticed is my spellings have gone bad because of these short messages we use to send, when I was new to text messaging I used to write full words but now to save money and time, I use short words and, I can tell u it has totally ruined my spellings altogether.

Most teenagers are addicted to text messaging, I bet they could send a message with their eyes closed.. I too was addicted to messages few years ago and my mother used to shout at me telling those messages are ruining u.. I guess she was right , now I have limited texting , I do it when there is only a need and I hardly send forwarded messages .I have realized it's all a waste of time and money.

And don't u hate when someone starts texting when Ur in a middle of a conversation.. oh man i just hate it when people do that.

I am not telling text messaging are bad all together, since my family is scattered all around the world sometimes it's hard for me to call, so I keep in touch with messages.
another good thing You can text without disturbing others around you, It is so helpful during movies (but don’t make Ur self to engrossed in text messaging u will end up missing half of the movie), while at work, and anywhere else where voice calls may not be permitted.

Text messages aren't going to wake anyone up, and they will be right there when u wake up in the morning for u to be read. And if u have a room mate it’s a nice way to keep in touch with Ur special someone at night without being a nuisance to anyone..

I think the basic thing we all have to understand here is, that text messaging has its pros and cons, since nothing in this world is perfect, but we should be able to use it intelligently so that we don’t cross the limit and be an addict or a textholic…

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hahahaaaaaa !! I remember someone cried after getting scolded for "text messaging addiction" long time back !!!! lol (on a saturday for sure !!)
I totally agree with what you've told about annoying one word replies !!!! Even I have this friend who used to reply with "k"s and one word answers , whom i thought to be rude at first. One word replies do create wrong impressions about people even though they may be temporary !!It is soo truee !!
Text messaging ruined my spellings too !!! But major part of the blame goes to chatting !! not to text messaging i guess !!

Anonymous said...

I totally agree with your post...
The one word replies are ambiguous and are quite annoying.
I have also noticed that the extensive use of mobile phones has led to an increased tendency to get late for meetings, appointments etc..
Some think that it is ok to be late as long as the other party knows...I guess this is only happening in Sri Lanka... I dunno.. what do you think?

A sHe MiNd!!! said...

Thanks for agreeing sachithvida..I Don't think its only common to Sri lanka i have seen many people from other countries obsessed with text messaging and one word answers.I think it depends on the individual.i don't know but thats what i think!

And sparkle wait till i get u .Ur not supposed to tell all these things in my blog. Dont u understand women,I am trying to be matured out here.. LOL..

poohdedoo said...

well i dnt think writing one word reply is such a bad idea here thts wht short msgs r for!!!!!! i always reply da shortest way as possible mainly bcos i am too lazy to press those small buttons bt i dnt think writing it short doesnt mean tht person is rude as long as u convey da msg and reply to tht text imedeiately the response time is da mst important thing when it comes to sms! !

Scrumps said...

I hate the fact that "txt spk" is taking over! And I hate people who don't use punctuation in a bid to save space and ultimately money. It always makes reading texts that much harder. So much so that sometimes I text back saying that I didn't understand of what they had just written! :)

Anonymous said...

test messages are the bane of my existence...especially when trying to maintain a rather delicate friendship...yet without them things would be even harder...sigh...the devil and the deep blue sea.

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