People who send five messages when one will do.

[MrsKingfisher]

I get this a lot from work colleagues, I know that need something but instead of 1 message I get 5, the 5th finally getting to the point.

Why can't people just write 1 message with all the info you need and send it?

I heard once that younger people find punctuation in texts and WhatsApp messages rude - I wonder whether this is a similar thing? When I send a message, it tends to be like a mini letter, with paragraphs in the middle, Hi X! at the start and Love Cru at the end. Perhaps this is now akin to sending telegrams.

@MrsKingfisher

Missed out a they

In the same way you realised that you hadn't written it exactly as you wanted and then needed to clarify what you wanted to write, they are doing the same.

Otoh I tend to put everything in a message, to try and make it clear and people have said to me it's easier if I send them in separate messages, so sometimes I will send two or three rather than one.

I find giant paragraphs of info hard to read like a PP. Much prefer 10 shorter utterances, it's more speechlike and natural. Sorry OP!

It annoys me too. Just say it! I also hate it when a question just requires a yes/no answer, and you get a rambling, em, er response!

10p each - gosh, yes, that concentrated the mind!
Perhaps the same people who send 5 when 1 would do are the same who drip feed on MN?

Ds(11) does this. The other night he was meant to be in bed and I’d just settled down to watch a programme when I received:

I’m confused 😐
Come up
Hurry
Help
Plz
Plz
Plz

So I unrecline my chair, haul myself up the stairs and ask when he’s confused about...

“I’m confused about car insurance.”

WTF???

@LadyCatStark 🤣🤣🤣

Today I tried to intercept, didn't work.

Hi!
Me, Hi, what do you need?
How are you today?
The boss is asking
If there's X
That he left behind
On his desk
Could you look
Let me know

Me: It's not on his desk he took it with him it's in X

Them, no response, no thank you no acknowledgment nothing.

Infuriating

Please just 1 short message will do, I can read paragraphs, they don't have ADHD there is no excuse, it's not a conversation!