Text me.

The easiest way to stay in communication with friends, family, loved ones. You can text anyone, the person sitting next to you, or someone half way around the word all you need is a simple phone number and a plan that won't charge you through the roof. It's the norm, why question it, or even think to use another way to get a hold of another person? Going a day without texting seems nearly impossible, especially in this day and age. But what happened to a good "old fashioned" phone call, when did ringing someone become something that no longer comes to mind? Calling someone just isn't something we think of doing anymore.

There have been a number of times I've been talking to an individual who, in order to make a decision, has texted someone to receive an answer, to no avail. This leaves this individual unable to complete the task at hand or move forward. When bringing up the seemingly simple, what should be common sense question "Why don't you just call them?" the typical response I have received is "Oh. I didn't even think of that". What follows is dialling the number and obtaining the answer they had been waiting for, within minutes. To me this seems so much simpler then shooting out a text and waiting for a response, texting can leave you with unanswered questions and the possibility of miscommunication, not only because you can only say so much through text, but also the scarcity of tone of voice for the message content. Something as simple as saying hello can be perceived as being too “saucy”. Not to mention the sheer lack of true free flowing conversation. With text you have time to think of something to say, you can morph yourself into someone entirely different then who you are in person, all becasue of this invisible shield that you don’t have over the phone or face to face.

My opinion in regards to texting: the miscommunication possibilities are endless, so why not every now and then throw each other a bone, pick up the phone, and make the effort to carry a real conversation.