5 Things in Text Messages That Irritate Everyone: Not Just Literacy

08.04.2024 15:03

Correspondence partners on social networks and instant messengers can often cause irritation.

Let's figure out why this feeling arises.

1. The main “trigger” is literacy problems.

And while the lack of quotation marks can still be tolerated, the outright illiteracy and refusal to use any punctuation marks can drive anyone crazy.

2. It turns out that the question “Hi, how are you?” can also be annoying – if the person is writing to you on business, and instead of getting straight to the point, sends you standard phrases.

Telephone
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3. Unless you want the person on the other side of the monitor to get angry, don't send a long sentence one word at a time.

4. We agree that audio messages are a great thing, but your interlocutor may not be comfortable listening to it right now. First, you should clarify whether this type of message is appropriate in your correspondence.

5. Finally, an unpleasant aftertaste remains when a message hangs in the correspondence without a response – of course, if it is about something important.

Earlier we talked about how an introvert can successfully interact with the outside world.

Elena Shimanovskaya Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Internet resource editor