Does anybody else find 👍🏼 annoying...

[xsquared]

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.

I’d say thumbs up means ‘great’ too.

Isn't the prayer emoji, as illustrated by your brown box supposed to be the one that means thank you? I would read 👍🙏 (let's see if I get the brown box of doom too) as 'fab thanks'

I don't think it's annoying at all. It just means "great job."

I'd be much more annoyed if someone called me to ask a favour. A phonecall puts someone on the spot, if it's a message then you have time to think up an excuse if you want. I thought it was common knowledge the vast majority of people under the age of 40 loathe phone conversations.

Op that wasn’t directed at you but the posters saying they use the thumbs up when they don’t want to get into a text conversation.

I use it all the time

For me it means 'yep' or 'will do/acknowledge'

@4Naan We are both over 40!

Praying means praying or hoping surely!

Not annoying.

I use it loads, doesn’t bother me in the slightest if people use it to reply to me

Oh sorry @lilgreen.

Perhaps I should have written "Does anyone else find the lack of please and thank you annoying instead" in my title as that is really what it's about.

not instead of thank you

but as a "i have seen your last message, I acknowledge it but we don't need to carry on talking but I am letting you know I have seen it"
it's much better than xxx

Yes op you’re right. I would type thank you but I do write all my texts out with correct spelling and grammar. My teens think it’s funny.

I thought it was common knowledge the vast majority of people under the age of 40 loathe phone conversations.

it really isn't it, just you I am afraid!

OP I share your sentiments. I also feel mildly rankled by people who say ‘cheers!’ in a situation that merits a thank you. I don’t want a toast I want a thank you for what I have done for you.

Yeah it rude alright.
The fact that your friend sent you a long text asking for that favour rather than actually call you seems a bit rude as well.

What I hate more is when you post a photo or something to a WhatsApp group and you can see who’s read it and they don’t even acknowledge. What’s the point of a WhatsApp group?

OP would an emoji be okay if it was one that specifically means "thank you"?

I use the thumbs up for "yep, acknowledge/cool that's all sorted" when making arrangements.

For thank you some friends usually use a kissy emoji 😘

With my family we're not kissy types so would write "thanks, that's great" kind of thing.

Not as annoying as when they don't show up and you have no idea what was there. Like now.

Oh and yes the praying hands 🙏 often used for both please and thank you I think?

I was just reading that praying hands means hi five

@Secondrow It is the lack of please and thank you that is the issue.

Yes! Complete conversation stopper. It really annoys me.

I, like many pp, misunderstood your op and thought you have an issue with the use of 👍, not the lack of thank you 😳
Finally got it in your last post. Yes, YANBU