I can’t stand people who respond to a text with a phone call

I think they just don't have anything to do. I mean, they call you...

Damn human contact!

Yeah preach it brutha!

I'm okay with it if the person I was texting is someone I know. If it's someone I don't know very well, it makes me a tad uncomfortable, though communication goes faster that way.

One issue I had in the late 2000s, were people who had gotten phones with those thumb keyboards, who would text the shit out of my phone, while I'm still using my older, mid-2000s phone with the crappy keyboard where you had to rotate through letters before even putting them into words. I had that issue with my boyfriend, where he'd send me 2 messages already, and I'm still trying to reply to the first one, and then he goes "Why so silent?" I got mad and erased the entire message, and then wrote "I'm a slow texter."

It's not so bad now that we all have smartphones, but it was a real pet peeve for me before then.

My dad doesn't like it when my mom is talking to my half-brother on texting, because he has to listen to 3-5 dings from my half-brother before mom can even respond, and then he accuses my half-brother of doing "texting diarrhea." I'd have to agree, but he's not nearly as bad as my chatterbox aunt. My aunt is one of those people who like to have one-sided conversations with everyone without ever taking a breath, and when she texts, she almost writes entire novels before ever sending the message. I love her, but there's a reason I don't call her very often.

I do really hope that you are seeking some sort of psychological help. I really truly mean this from the bottom of my heart. If a post starts with "I can't stand" or a contains complaints about a job, people, or women, it's almost always you. Living with this much negativity can't be good for you.

I know that you like to vent, and I get it, but have you ever tried looking for good things. Maybe instead of complaining about the crappy things that happened today or whatever day, you can focus on one good that happened and talk about that. Granted you won't get near as many replies as your complaints get, but it might make you a happier person.

If you are living with depression just posting positive things might not help, but talking to someone might. You work for the post office so I'm assuming you get some decent health insurance/benefits from them. Maybe take some advantage of that. I really mean this in a caring way. You just sound so miserable all the time.

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alternatively, i find it terribly annoying when people insist on having endless back & forth discussions via text, sorting out where we might have dinner or what time we'll get together, when it would be so much easier if we could just talk & sort it out in 15 seconds.

On the flip side I will often respond to a voicemail with a text...

Sounds like a good solution is gluing your phone to your head! Seriously though, I hate this too... but some people just love to talk, I guess, and don't want to give in to our "information-only" efficiency.

Some people just don't understand what it's like to be busy all the time!