[Redway]

People who don’t take out time to read things properly on WhatsApp, because all they want to do is just skip that part and have a ’phone-call. It pays to be literate. There’s some fundamental things for context that might only come through in writing, especially if the person’s not comfortable divulging some of those deeper thoughts and experiences randomly on a call (which isn’t uncommon if they’re deeply introverted). It pays to be literate. Intentional, curated communication that sets certain boundaries over immediacy isn’t without its value even on WhatsApp/SMS. Text gives many people room to layer the table for nuance, to reveal certain truths that they might’ve sat on for decades without pressure. You don’t want to skimp over the nuance, tone and boundaries being communicated with you just-because you’re in a rush to just talk, because for people like that, text isn’t just filler to precurse to a call. It’s foundation, and the only space where long-buried thoughts can be safely expressed without pressure.

So ya. People who don’t like to just sit down and read really annoy me. Especially when you’ve told them more than once, consecutively, that there’s stuff they need to sit down and read properly before the call, yet they don’t even read that the third time you say it because they can’t communicate like you via text. It’s just so frustrating.