Text messaging has proven to be the communication of the future. It’s convenient, fun, and allows you to get in contact with your friends any time, day or night. Texting is great, but there are always some people who have to ruin it for everyone. Here are some of the worst types of people to text.
The Over-Initiator
This person is known for the thrice daily “hey, what's up” text messages with no real meaning behind them. It’s thoughtful that they initiate every conversation but honestly it’s just exhausting. As a rendition of the famous phrase “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all”: “if you don’t have anything to say, don’t say anything at all.”
The Abbreviator
This person probably spends more time abbreviating their text messages than it would take for them to just type in real English. We all have full keyboards so please just use all the letters. Certain circumstances out of convenience are acceptable, but there is no excuse for me to be deciphering your “ok gr8 c u l8r 2nite, thnx!” text.
The Non-Responder
In a generation of people glued to their phones, there is no reason to not answer a text. No matter what you say, this person isn’t going to respond. “Hey,” “Want to hang out?,” and “Help me I’m dying” all warrant the same response from this person: a read receipt.
The Grammar Disobeyer
This person feels that because they’re not writing an essay they’re allowed to throw the rules of the English language out the window. It doesn’t matter how riveting our conversation is; the moment I see “your welcome,” I’m deleting you from my phone and my life.
The Obsessive Texter
This person needs to get a hobby that doesn’t involve their eyes being glued to their phone screens. If they text you a question and you don’t respond within 2 minutes, they’re sending a SWAT team to your location to make sure you’re still alive. Calm yourself, I was in the shower.
The One-Word Wonder
I understand that text messages are meant to be short, but there is such a thing as too short. If I text you and you respond “Cool,” do you actually think what I said was cool? Do you want me to invite you? Do you want me to talk more about it? Are you annoyed? Do you want to block my number? I will never know and I’ll spend the rest of the day thinking about what you meant.
The Emoji User
This person tries to have full conversations solely using emojis. That was fun at first, but now it’s just annoying. I don’t know what you mean by the open-mouthed smiley face or what the difference is between that and the closed-mouth smile emoji, nor do I want to learn. I’ve used emojis before and I can assure you that it’s faster for you to type real words instead of encoding your thoughts in digital facial expressions.
The Too-Attached-to-Their-Phone Texter
This is less about actual text messages and more about the person sending them. This person invites you to hang out and spends the entire time on their phones talking to other people. Even worse, they’re scrolling through Facebook looking for something else to entertain them besides your company. By the end of the night, you haven’t seen their face once because their phone was in front of it the entire time.
If you recognize yourself in any of these descriptions, stop immediately. Please, we’re begging.
