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Does anybody else find 👍🏼 annoying...

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xsquared · 23/05/2020 13:12

when it is used as punctuation or in place of "Thank you"?

For context, a friend send me a text to ask me a favour, we exchange a few replies and I gradually agree. She finishes off with 👍🏼 and does not mention please or thank you in any of her replies.

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Ghostlyglow · 23/05/2020 14:04

I use it. Didn't mean to be rude sorryBlush

ShirleyB25 · 23/05/2020 14:05

Jeepers !! There are some very easily offended people in this world. It would never even occur to get het up and genuinely annoyed about this.

Extraordinary.

ShirleyB25 · 23/05/2020 14:06

*me

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xsquared · 23/05/2020 14:07

I think there are some posters who have not read the first post or the full thread.

I have already explained that a friend sends me a long winded text about getting me to do something for her without saying please or thank you at any point and after a few exchanges and only after I agree I can have a look for her, she replies with a thumbs up instead of saying thank you.

It's the lack of manners that bothers me.

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Helenheller · 23/05/2020 14:08

Hate it but don't really know why! A friend uses it all the time and I think it is when she has found out all the info she wants and has no use for me anymore. I've started doing it back to her........but then I am very petty.

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xsquared · 23/05/2020 14:08

*Jeepers !! There are some very easily offended people in this world. It would never even occur to get het up and genuinely annoyed about this.

Extraordinary.*

There are some people who easily misunderstand by not RTFT.

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xsquared · 23/05/2020 14:09

Bold fail!

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Wauden · 23/05/2020 14:09

Was your pal just very busy?

anniegun · 23/05/2020 14:10

"Jeepers !! There are some very easily offended people in this world. It would never even occur to get het up and genuinely annoyed about this.
Extraordinary.
There are some people who easily misunderstand by not RTFT."
From someone who is offended by a thumbs up emoji

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xsquared · 23/05/2020 14:10

BTW I am not offended by thumbs up but the opportunistic behaviour without even saying please or thank you!

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lilgreen · 23/05/2020 14:10

I don’t understand why people get annoyed with texting back and forth. I find it easier than making time for verbal phone calls as you can reply in your own time.

IntoTheUnknown89 · 23/05/2020 14:11

Oh Blush I use this frequently!!

TrickyKid · 23/05/2020 14:11

I can't see the pink square, just thumb's up.
I use it if I don't want to get into a conversation or to acknowledge I've received a message but no further conversation is required.

Whatnext2018 · 23/05/2020 14:11

Hate it! It feels ignorant and as though to finish the conversation..so rude

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xsquared · 23/05/2020 14:12

anniegun it was a bold fail quoting a pp.

Oh, and I have already said that I am NOT offended by the emoji but the lack of manners. I have said this several times but some people just haven't bothered to RTFT.

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Wauden · 23/05/2020 14:12

Sorry, OP, I have read more of your post.
Agreed, the thumb's up is no substitute for please or thank you.
It would really annoy me Angry too

lilgreen · 23/05/2020 14:13

Why do people not want to get into a conversation? I’m presuming you are friends with the person texting?

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xsquared · 23/05/2020 14:14

lilgreen. The onus is on her to call me surely if she wants something from me?

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Euclid · 23/05/2020 14:19

I think that texting to ask a favour is in itself rude. If I wanted to ask a favour I would make a telephone call to the other person. This is much more polite and would enable me to thank him/her at the same time. As texts are gradually replacing conversations for so many people, good manners will inevitably disappear.

SixesAndEights · 23/05/2020 14:20

Oh god, it really annoys me, but I know I'm being unreasonable so just sigh, roll my eyes to myself and force myself to let it go!

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sawollya · 23/05/2020 14:20

I thought I was very polite but I did notice that when my cousin's wife (who I've never met) was on fb and offered to send me a photo of their son, I type a thumbsup as a 'yes, please do!'' then she stopped the conversation right there and the photo never came. I had had a nice conversation with her in the run up to that. So I was a bit............. where's this photo then?

I am a bit shocked that people think it's rude.

Worstyear2020 · 23/05/2020 14:21

I have been using it wrong, I always thought thumb up means "great!", I always say thank you in text.

IslandbreezeNZ · 23/05/2020 14:21

Ohhh I use that often to end a conversation Shock I see it as a casual fun way to say cool/sorted.

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xsquared · 23/05/2020 14:21

Euclid, I think you're right about manners disappearing. I guess I'm just old fashioned but some people genuinely think that saying please and thank you only belong in primary school :(

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xsquared · 23/05/2020 14:22

Or at least some the ones I have met anyway.

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