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How good are you at replying back to people in a timely manner?
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I used to be on top of replying right away but honestly my experiences with nearly everyone and their awful replying track records, kind of made me stop caring with replying timely myself. So now I'm pretty inconsistent/bad with it. I just stopped caring.
Just say you are sad you won't be able to see him regularly but you are happy he's getting a promotion. So you fully support whatever decision he makes.
1/10. I don't even reply if the phones already in my hand pretty often and after a minute or two often forget to check the message anyway. If I see something important pop up I'll reply but otherwise you might be waiting a few hours because I was already on a mobile game or something.
If you respond quickly often it becomes a chain. I hate that shit.
If you respond quickly often it becomes a chain. I hate that shit.
Depends if I'm at home or not. I'm much less likely to respond if the only device I have to type on is my phone.
I turn off read receipts, but I usually respond immediately, or within a short period of time assuming I'm not away from my phone.
For work i'm fairly quick to respond. If i'm taking my time it's probably because i don't want to respond.
But personally.... i'm terrible.... i have a single friend i talk to daily but other than that it takes such an energy from me to get back to people in time. I'm sorry to everyone. I suck and you can stop messaging me. I'll understand.
But personally.... i'm terrible.... i have a single friend i talk to daily but other than that it takes such an energy from me to get back to people in time. I'm sorry to everyone. I suck and you can stop messaging me. I'll understand.
Absolutely horrible lol. I never replied back after my dad last wrote me in 2011 following the big Japan quake. It's been a few months since I replied to my mom but she occasionally writes even though I haven't replied bless her heart. I'm about two years late on a reply to my sister.
Absolutely great. That's why I always don't understand why other people don't do the same, so sometimes I just don't bother and don't communicate with some people anymore.
Bad, super bad.
There's this old lady I became friends with in Canada, treats me like her granddaughter, and ever since I moved abroad she sends me messages occasionally and I find myself responding weeks later. Still haven't replied to her last message from two weeks ago. I've been extremely busy but that's no excuse, all it takes is 5 minutes.
There's this old lady I became friends with in Canada, treats me like her granddaughter, and ever since I moved abroad she sends me messages occasionally and I find myself responding weeks later. Still haven't replied to her last message from two weeks ago. I've been extremely busy but that's no excuse, all it takes is 5 minutes.
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I'm terrible at it. If I'm not on my phone already or at a computer, I'm not going to respond right away.
Immediately, but if someone reads a message and doesn't respond for weeks or months I know they're not worth the effort from that point on. I've got a couple of exceptions to the rule who I'll always drop everything for though.
if its a text, I do it right away, I don't listen to voicemails but if I see that someone I know called me I call them back as soon as possible.
I have a few friends that take a long time to get back about something or don't reply at all; and its just annoying.
I have a few friends that take a long time to get back about something or don't reply at all; and its just annoying.
If someone I know calls me I call back ASAP. I don't talk on the phone so if someone's calling me it's something important.
For friends I text back as soon as I have something to say, unless I'm busy doing something and the response isn't urgent. If it's just an acquaintance and they're sending me something odd I may not respond for a bit.
I don't mind people who take awhile to text back, so long as they text back eventually. Like, I have a friend that's super busy so our conversations spread out over days as we have time to respond and that's fine. Growing up I had one friend who'd only respond to texts if he was free (even if they were important) and would never text back if they were busy at the time, and another who would just disappear mid conversation and respond back the next week 'maybe' and disappear again. I liked that less.
For friends I text back as soon as I have something to say, unless I'm busy doing something and the response isn't urgent. If it's just an acquaintance and they're sending me something odd I may not respond for a bit.
I don't mind people who take awhile to text back, so long as they text back eventually. Like, I have a friend that's super busy so our conversations spread out over days as we have time to respond and that's fine. Growing up I had one friend who'd only respond to texts if he was free (even if they were important) and would never text back if they were busy at the time, and another who would just disappear mid conversation and respond back the next week 'maybe' and disappear again. I liked that less.
i reply as soon as i see someone has messaged/called me. unless i'm driving of course then i'll reply when i'm out the car. it's ignorant and rude to not reply when you see it i think.
Pretty good!
I think it's just my psychological composition lol. People are always surprised by it haha.
So because of this, I do need to turn off notifications from to time to time to get stuff done.
Do ever her just check back on them after a day? I notice that works. I think today, with attention being so divided, I can see that happening a lot. It happens to me and I just ping them saying, "hello?" lol. I only do this with folks I have good rapport already. And I make a joke out of it.
I think it's just my psychological composition lol. People are always surprised by it haha.
So because of this, I do need to turn off notifications from to time to time to get stuff done.
Do ever her just check back on them after a day? I notice that works. I think today, with attention being so divided, I can see that happening a lot. It happens to me and I just ping them saying, "hello?" lol. I only do this with folks I have good rapport already. And I make a joke out of it.
Usually good and I'll respond right away. Though depending on who it is, I may wait a while because I don't feel like getting into a conversation. I have one friend who tends to call and I just don't feel like it. There's also times I'm busy and forget after seeing it, or don't notice my phone vibrating if I don't have my volume up.
Clever bump. I'm awful at it, I'll frequently get texts, say oh I'll respond to that soon and forget until 8 hours later or the next day. I'm not a huge texter so it's not a big deal. I only respond immediately to texts if it's work related or a close friend/family. The less close I am to you the less likely I am to respond immediately
I guess it depends on how invested I am in the conversation. Like if it's important or the conversation has a point I'll try to answer right away. If it's just small talk and not important, it could take an hour or more.
Atrocious. I piss off coworkers and family members on a regular basis. I was a flakey recluse before COVID made it cool.
I'm all over the place. Some people can be left on read for days or weeks. Some will get a response straight away or whenever I have a moment. Usually it depends on the kind of relationship or what's been asked.
Some of my best friendships I've made in recent years have embraced this though as they've learnt it's not a lack of love or care so much as wanting to give a decent response. I have a few whatsapp chats that read more like friends sending one another postcards. Unless it's arranging a meetup we'll have weeks inbetween messages... but the messages will have quite a bit to say as a result and are just a lot warmer. It's also just nice knowing there's no rush.
Some of my best friendships I've made in recent years have embraced this though as they've learnt it's not a lack of love or care so much as wanting to give a decent response. I have a few whatsapp chats that read more like friends sending one another postcards. Unless it's arranging a meetup we'll have weeks inbetween messages... but the messages will have quite a bit to say as a result and are just a lot warmer. It's also just nice knowing there's no rush.
Pretty good, I'd say. I try to reply as soon as I have time. That could be in less than a minute, an hour, or several hours.
Edit: Like TaySan says below, it also depends on how well I actually get along with the person or if I even feel like dealing with them at all, but I do generally like the people who I add as friends/followers/contacts.
Edit: Like TaySan says below, it also depends on how well I actually get along with the person or if I even feel like dealing with them at all, but I do generally like the people who I add as friends/followers/contacts.
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I'm usually pretty good about it unless I dislike the person. If it's urgent I respond right then and there
6/10. Status is always inactive. If I care I will respond if not hungover (If am if I really care a bit faster).