@PantTwizzler
IKWYM OP 😬
It’s a generational thing. My DC do it and so do my younger friends (30s).
I even had a plumber giving me a lol so I gave him one back.
Well, while I entirely agree with you about lol, in fairness, I think your plumber was trying to convey in text message the mildly joky tone in which he might have implied that 7 am, while normal for him to be up, dressed, breakfasted and at work, might in your household be a time when everyone’s still hitting ‘Snooze’ on their alarms...?
Though you’ve just reminded me of something I’ve posted on here before. Years ago, I moved to a village in a different part of the country while on maternity leave just before Christmas, and texted the contact mobile of the organiser of the village baby group (gleaned from village website) to see if it was meeting before the holidays.
I literally said ‘Hi X, I’m new in the village with a five month old. Could you tell me whether the baby group is meeting again this side of Christmas? Thanks! Kosher’
A year later, I discovered that the organiser had passed this entirely ordinary communication around all the group regulars for reactions. Apparently it was — I quote — ‘snobby’ because it didn’t use textspeak and used an apostrophe, capital letters and full stops.
This was in fact a pretty good indicator of how well I would fit into this village, alas.