Text Message Rant
It used to be that I’d log on to my online account and be welcomed by annoying chain emails. Remember those? Pass this on to X amount of people or you’ll have X amount of years of bad luck? Who ever started those sucks. It got to the point where I was forced to issue cease and desist emails to everyone in my address book just to make it stop. And they have, mercifully, stopped. The only forwarded stuff I get now is fun stuff. No more chain emails. Hooray!
But, alas, this annoying-as-hell trend has moved to my cell phone in the form of text messages. Today I woke up to this product of genius (exactly as written):
Fwd:Fwd:A cat falls in a pool, a rooster laughs. Moral of the story: a wet pussy makes a cock happy. Send to 8 people or have BAD SEX FOR LIFE!
I am not kidding. How f&%$ing STUPID is that?? What complete and total jackass created that and then decided that other people wanted to be on the receiving end of it? Now this doesn’t annoy the shit out of me simply because the whole practice of it is idiotic. It also annoys the shit out of me because I do not have unlimited text messaging. I have a certain amount allotted to me every month and when I go over that amount, I am charged per message. Since I hate talking on the phone- I text quite a bit. So when my messages are being wasted by crap- it kind of pisses me off.
So here is my plea to those who are in possession of my cell phone number: PLEASE stop forwarding me crap. No more gross photos (I am a woman and I know what a female body looks like- I don’t need extreme close-ups), no more “pass this on” or “forward this”, no more little joke messages, etc. We are not in high school. Those messages aren’t cute or funny, they are annoying. I hated that crap in my email inbox and I hate it more on my cell phone. So knock it off. Thank You.
Peace and legitimate text messages.
Tags: cell phone, forward, messaging, rant, text
February 25th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
LOL … that’s a bad joke so why did I laugh? I know what you mean about those forwards … always warn people…I give them 3 chances, the next one I block their emails, LOL. No one ever thinks I’ll block them but I do!!!!! I eventually let them back in tho. My sis started erasing the word FWD from the subject line, she’s sneaky…but I still blocked her for a bit. lmao.
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February 25th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
OMG, how awful! That’s as bad as getting sales calls on your cell, burning your minutes! I am grateful that my Verizon texts get chopped off after 100 chars or so - no one forwards me FW: stuff like that. They know not to arouse the Martian ire. I told my Dad that I would route all his FWs into my trash if he insisted on sending them to me, and he didn’t believe me, so I did, and he wondered why I never responded to his emails anymore. Finally he stopped.
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February 25th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Drowsey- You laughed at that?? LOL… I’m glad that my cease and desist emails worked because I’d hate to have to throw a block on people. haha
Marvin- I had a telemarketer call me on my cell once and I FLIPPED out on him. I agree 100% about not costing me money or eating my minutes for your own gain. It’s just selfish and rude. I’m glad your dad is back in your good graces.
February 26th, 2008 at 1:17 am
I used to get quite a bit of useless forwarded sms’s from my friends until one fine day I called each and every one of them and gave them an earful about where I think they could send those forwarded sms’s and it all stopped.
Well, I lied, I didn’t really call anyone and chew them out but I wish I did though … LOL!
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February 26th, 2008 at 2:33 am
Hi Nick- You shocked me at first! LOL… I have sent angry texts back saying to stop sending me that crap but somehow I still end up getting them. Hopefully they all manage to find and read this post. Ha!
February 29th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Some people really DO have too much time on their hands. okay i did chuckle.
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