A rare reply
I am a compulsive "replyer" - a replyer being someone who replies.
I feel a constant need to answer emails, text messages and even twitter/blog postings even though in most cases replies aren't required. I'm almost obsessive about this need to acknowledge, thank and just plain say "OK" that I get rather irritated when others don't reply my messages (did they get my message? did it go into the Bermuda Triangle?), which I realise is the norm in most cases. Can you imagine what would happen if I communicated with someone exactly like me? It would an endless back-and-forth of "ok", "sure", "alright", "yes", "ok - you can stop it", "sure - you stop it first" until someone surrenders and lets the other have the last word. The telcos surely would love people like us.
On the positive side, I might seem to be responsive and thoughtful. Which I like to think I am. :) Ahem.
I feel a constant need to answer emails, text messages and even twitter/blog postings even though in most cases replies aren't required. I'm almost obsessive about this need to acknowledge, thank and just plain say "OK" that I get rather irritated when others don't reply my messages (did they get my message? did it go into the Bermuda Triangle?), which I realise is the norm in most cases. Can you imagine what would happen if I communicated with someone exactly like me? It would an endless back-and-forth of "ok", "sure", "alright", "yes", "ok - you can stop it", "sure - you stop it first" until someone surrenders and lets the other have the last word. The telcos surely would love people like us.
On the positive side, I might seem to be responsive and thoughtful. Which I like to think I am. :) Ahem.