Pointless Texts

I no longer like checking my voice mail. Quite frankly, it is a pain in the ass to dial the number, punch in my password and listen to the prompts before I get to the actual message. Then, typically the message sounds like this, "Hey Denise, its (insert name of friend here), give me a call back." Grrr. I was going to call back anyway, that is what my missed call list is for.

This type of techno-laziness stems specifically from text messages. I only have to press two buttons to reach my message. However, those two buttons are far too many to push if the message reads, "Hey."

It is common courtesy, if you are going to get my attention by sending out a text message, for the love of God, make it more interesting and worth my time to push those two buttons. I'm even okay if the message reads, "How are you? I haven't seen you in awhile" or "Do you want to hang out?" Both these texts implies the same thing that "Hey" does, but it gives the receiver of the text slight more satisfaction knowing that the sender care enough to write a full sentence.