Petty Vents

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There’s actually a medical condition where people hear certain sounds (like chewing) extremely loudly. I worked with someone like this and you couldn’t eat in meetings with her or do things like click pens.

My petty vent is people who send text messages where each sentence is a separate text. So conveying a message could be 10 messages!!! I muted her and the group text we’re in together bc I can’t stand having my wrist or phone vibrating constantly.

Guilty of texting that way, my understanding was that most people do it that way

Really?? Why does someone want to have their phone or watch buzzing 10x to get a single message that’s probably about carpooling. Ugh it’s so annoying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s actually a medical condition where people hear certain sounds (like chewing) extremely loudly. I worked with someone like this and you couldn’t eat in meetings with her or do things like click pens.

My petty vent is people who send text messages where each sentence is a separate text. So conveying a message could be 10 messages!!! I muted her and the group text we’re in together bc I can’t stand having my wrist or phone vibrating constantly.

Guilty of texting that way, my understanding was that most people do it that way

Really?? Why does someone want to have their phone or watch buzzing 10x to get a single message that’s probably about carpooling. Ugh it’s so annoying.

If someone texted me like this 1:1 regularly, I'd also be annoyed, but I also mute alerts on all my more active group chats because with multiple people in a chat, the constant buzzing can happen anyway if people are talking to each other. I just mute and then check them when I actually have time to chat or am interested in catching up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There’s actually a medical condition where people hear certain sounds (like chewing) extremely loudly. I worked with someone like this and you couldn’t eat in meetings with her or do things like click pens.

My petty vent is people who send text messages where each sentence is a separate text. So conveying a message could be 10 messages!!! I muted her and the group text we’re in together bc I can’t stand having my wrist or phone vibrating constantly.

Guilty of texting that way, my understanding was that most people do it that way

Really?? Why does someone want to have their phone or watch buzzing 10x to get a single message that’s probably about carpooling. Ugh it’s so annoying.

Just feels weird to send an email via text. I do it when I don’t know the person but once I know them it’s much less formal. I don’t mind my phone buzzing unless it’s for an hour straight. 1 message or 5 doesn’t matter to me.
I will keep it in mind through
Glad almost everyone I talk to use WhatsApp or telegram though

[Anonymous]

Honestly I don’t think group chats belong on text messages but rather on WhatsApp or some such but I know I am too trendy for most people lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s actually a medical condition where people hear certain sounds (like chewing) extremely loudly. I worked with someone like this and you couldn’t eat in meetings with her or do things like click pens.

My petty vent is people who send text messages where each sentence is a separate text. So conveying a message could be 10 messages!!! I muted her and the group text we’re in together bc I can’t stand having my wrist or phone vibrating constantly.

Guilty of texting that way, my understanding was that most people do it that way

But why? You'll get a notification for every single text. If I'm busy, it'll make me think someone is blowing up my phone with an emergency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I don’t think group chats belong on text messages but rather on WhatsApp or some such but I know I am too trendy for most people lol

What's the benefit of Whatsapp?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I don’t think group chats belong on text messages but rather on WhatsApp or some such but I know I am too trendy for most people lol

What's the benefit of Whatsapp?

Messages in WhatsApp are totally optional to view and do not require a response. If a group wants to yammer all day and share photos of their lunch (looking at you, college friends), then you can safely ignore the app altogether unless you want to see what the group is chatting about.

A group text is more like, hey college friends, I want to plan a trip; or hey college friends, big news, we’re moving to LA. Group texts are still texts, so they require more attention and more response than just people incessantly talking about nothing on WhatsApp.

[Anonymous]

You can do that with texting too- you can just mute the thread. You can also set WhatsApp to notify you of every message.

[Anonymous]

I am honestly a fan of telegram- you can search texts, delete messages for you and your vis a vis, quote messages etc.
just a better interface than say iMessage

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Anonymous wrote:This is really stupid but I hate when people specify something is zero. Example:
"my address is 4160 (zero)"

I know the damn difference between a 0 and an an O.

I'm guilty! I say "zero" because I often mishear people when they say "O". 😬

Kind of related. A person gave me their address as "twelve hundred two," and they meant 1202. I thought it was 12002. Just say 1 2 0 2!

Also, there's the phone number rhythm and the SSN rhythm. I have to ask for people's SSN sometimes and I don't understand why some people are like 0 (pause) 1 (pause) 5 (pause) 9 (pause) etc. Like I need 2 seconds to type in each number. Or they give me their phone number like 918 twenty one four two three thirty two.

But 1202 is twelve hundred two. 12002 is twelve thousand two. Place value.

I know. But nobody says addresses like that. I want people to follow the rules and rhythms of polite society. They should say one two oh two.

I am a foreigner and I would say twelve zero two or twelve oh two. I used to live at “twelve eighty five”. Ok or bad form?

Totally fine and absolutely normal. PP is just talking about her personal pet peeve regarding how people say numbers. They’re not actual rules or even norms. She’s trying to redefine math and blame it on rhythm, which I guess would be a petty vent of mine. Twelve oh two is fine. Twelve eighty-five is fine. One two eight five is fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I don’t think group chats belong on text messages but rather on WhatsApp or some such but I know I am too trendy for most people lol

I hate WhatsApp. The only reason people use it is to include android people in group chats

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Every time I see a "PSA..." post on DCUM I want to hurl.

[Anonymous]

I get so annoyed when I stop at a stop sign and yield to walking pedestrians and they don't offer up a quick wave of acknowledgment. Same for cars who I let cut in front of me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get so annoyed when I stop at a stop sign and yield to walking pedestrians and they don't offer up a quick wave of acknowledgment. Same for cars who I let cut in front of me.

Why should you get a reward for doing literally the only right and legal thing?! Waves are for “you didn’t have to let me merge or change lanes, but you did, so thank you.” Do you also wave at everyone who stops at a red light? Do you wave at everyone who stops for a school bus? A wave is not for “you obeyed the law and the rules of the road,” a wave is for when you did something you didn’t HAVE to do. Unbelievable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There’s actually a medical condition where people hear certain sounds (like chewing) extremely loudly. I worked with someone like this and you couldn’t eat in meetings with her or do things like click pens.

My petty vent is people who send text messages where each sentence is a separate text. So conveying a message could be 10 messages!!! I muted her and the group text we’re in together bc I can’t stand having my wrist or phone vibrating constantly.

Guilty of texting that way, my understanding was that most people do it that way

Really?? Why does someone want to have their phone or watch buzzing 10x to get a single message that’s probably about carpooling. Ugh it’s so annoying.

Just feels weird to send an email via text. I do it when I don’t know the person but once I know them it’s much less formal. I don’t mind my phone buzzing unless it’s for an hour straight. 1 message or 5 doesn’t matter to me.
I will keep it in mind through
Glad almost everyone I talk to use WhatsApp or telegram though

Yeah I'm not a great texter (I use one finger) and I just send as the thoughts occur. I'm not so good at carriage returns so you get a few small snippets. But I'm not a serial abuser.