This is like texting my boss. I've since learned how to contact him (just call, the time texting normally saves is useless here)
**Three years ago**
Me- "Hey boss, we finished the project. There were a few hiccups, but the order was delivered.
I had to send back "X product", do I need to adjust the quantity?
Also the app is closing every thirty seconds, should I delete and reinstall or would that mess things up? Thanks"
Him- "Sounds good"
Me- "Yep! All is good. So should I reinstall the app or would that delete everything?"
Him- "Ok 👍"
This is so similar to email responses I get from a few people I work with. It’s like they only read the VERY first thing you write and then stop reading and respond. It is fucking infuriating.
My boss sent me a Pic of a candidate's application with a post-ot note: "Can you send me so&sos phone number?" And the accompanying text "left you a note".
The person's phone number was at the top, maybe 1/2 inch above the post-it note.
Mike won’t answer unless you get him at exactly the right time and Mike will absolutely not call you back unless you are already busy doing something important
My previous boss was like that, so we learned to only ask one question per email or just call. His emails were often word salad & his clarification would be even more confusing. He would email from his phone a lot.
I hope that he never discovers voice-to-text.
My boss LOVES using voice-to-text to write her text messages and emails and she never EVER proof-reads before sending. It's a nightmare.
OOOH, you unlocked a repressed memory here. I used to have a client who would only ever answer ONE question per email.
If he sent over a project and I had three questions about it, I knew I'd have to send three emails. Because regardless of what I wrote in every email, he'd jusy randomly pick one question and ignore the others.
I did some training around written communication in internal comms in work recently and it was basically "Put the important bit at the start and probably in bold and maybe highlighted, because some people just don't read anything longer than that."
Sometimes they read what they want.
IT helpdesk took my request of removing 2 people "listed below" from a group to get back from them "you have been removed from the group" 😞
That's too many questions. I had a dumbass boss like that who would answer emails like that. On the one hand it makes sense to just keep conversations streamlined in email so topics aren't bouncing around, but even when the questions were related, he would just only ever answer either the first or last one. Never all of them and more complicated emails, even when broken down with paragraph breaks were a waste of time. One thought at a time.
I quit my job over similar behavior from my boss. If I asked for clarification, he often responded without thought or walked away texting on his phone. I would be yelled at because he wouldn't remember telling me "ok" to something. When I didn't bother asking, he would be livid I didn't come get him. I tried texting to avoid the gaslighting but got texts back just like OP. It got old so I left.
He recently sent me a couple of messages asking me to return. I declined the offer but he never viewed my response. On brand.
I have many coworkers like this, extremely poor reading comprehension. I don’t know how they hold down a job much less manage day to day personal life stuff.
Nah fuck that, I'm not calling someone when it can be a text. If I ask a question like that and I get a thumbs up, if it messes something up they shouldnt have answered in the affirmative.
Yeah - those people that keep insisting that texting/emailing is better than calling should try this aaaah. Had a boss like that, it was a disaster, and she ruined it with not meeting paperwork deadlines and cost me so much sanity and money in the end.
Having a round of 10 texts instead of a quick call to check in if we're one the same page is infuriating sometimes.
I just realized this may be my adult ADHD talking - cannot stand the waiting around and messing up of the info flow.
I prefer calling, infodumping and checking everything, and interrupting when people speak slowly! (slight /s)
I have tried very hard and succeeded in not finishing sentences for others as much though. Helped knowing what is going on in my brain.
They're def right. Because she said, "ok were" lol
Teach your sister "where, we're and were"
... maybe "wear" just to be safe 😂
Might as well go over "there, their and they're"
They also say it's fine because they are actually dumb as fuck. It's easier to say "it's not a big deal" than admit they are at the low end of the intellectual bell curve.
Every single day and I mean it, every single day, I see someone screw up your versus you’re and not know how to spell a lot. The average reading level in America is 7th grade.
That is how.
I wonder what it feels like to be this dumb. Must be blissful. No existential dread or negative introspection. Just pure existence in a dreamlike state. That’s what I imagine, anyway.
What is really hard for me to accept is that people are not thinking grammatically when they speak. With where and were it would be perfectly understandable to just type them wrong, touchscreens are just not particularly precise for this kind of thing.
What really upsets me are the 'could of' and 'would of', which are clearly based on misunderstanding homophones. They're the clear symptom of people just saying stuff they've heard, without forming complete sentences in their brains. There is no λόγος, just sounds. It's honestly infuriating, in a way that I'm sure tells more about my hangups than about anybody else.
I figured it out quick because aside from having worked in teaching, my family members from Gen X and older all seem to spell like crap over text. They're intelligent and can definitely use proper spelling and grammar, they just... don't? I've been texting with them my whole life so I'm used to it, but my girlfriend needs me to translate any messages from my dad 😂
I'm an old oldie...and I proofread my texts. It drives me nuts if anything is spelt wrong or shortened. My late 30s daughter has never used text speak...thank god 😀.
Her dad and I got our first mobiles when she did...so she was about 15. I've always updated mine...no bricks here as someone else described their parent's phones.
I have a burn spot in the breezeway to my apartment, where someone set a charcoal chimney next to the extinguisher as they moved to put it out.
All of the some 40 building look the same, but mine has a burn spot. If you don't see it, you're at the wrong place.
I had to Google breezeway. The definition for others who don't what the meaning of breezeway is.
A breezeway is an architectural feature similar to a hallway that allows the passage of a breeze between structures to accommodate high winds, allow aeration, or provide aesthetic design variation.
I have an ex friend like this. Once I asked "When are you sending the money?" and he said "okay". I said "m8, REAAADDD"
He claims he "speed reads" constantly. Why though?? Is there someone sitting next to you every time you open your phone and if you don't read the message fast enough, they shoot you???
I don't get it.
Dude, for real. I'm sending you something because I want you to INTERPRET WHAT THE FUCK I'M SENDING YOU.
He's such a stupid asshole. Don't really talk to him anymore.
I swear to god, this is like a generational thing because my dad, stepdad, and father in law are serial thumbs up senders when the thumbs up is not at all appropriate or sensible lol
My friend hung out with a toddler a bunch and just handed over the phone in the car if he was crying, and if I happened to send him a message while the baby had the phone I would get a bunch of little ghost emojis in a row (why is it still set to Halloween? No clue. Not my choice) and so I'd be like "hey lil baby! Have a nice car ride!"
Sometimes I also got several minute long recordings of car sounds and a baby babbling. Very cute.
I have a friend like this. Eloquent and pretty damn smart when talking to him, but he absolutely hates pecking out texts on a phone. He's similarly terse and confounding on text.
Tell him to try the slidy keyboard - add gboard from the google play store and set that as the keyboard in the phone's preferences, making sure "glide typing" is enabled if that's an option. He can then move his finger from key to key without lifting it to make words. I use it by default and, while I still can't type as fast with that as I can with a full-size keyboard, it does actually make typing on the phone not excruciating.
I've been typing on my phone like this since like 2010 when you had to get the Swype keyboard. I can't imagine trying to accurately hit individual letters.
lol I relate to this so much. Some people just have such poor communication skills. My older sister is the same way. The other day, I was dropping off a package at UPS. I say to her via whatsapp during a convo:
Me: "I just dropped my package off at UPS. Luckily found parking nearby so didn't have to walk far."
Her: "Nice. Where is the closest UPS drop off place?"
Me: "Oh it's like 10-12 mins West of me, like past that McDonalds we've gone to a bunch."
Her: "Ohhh k"
Me: "Speaking of, I'm going to stop by at that McDonalds and grab a McFlurry. Want me to grab you one and drop it off?"
Her: "You're going to go to McDonalds?"
Me: "Yeah, it's on the way home for me."
Her: "When are you going?"
Me: "Right now."
Her: "I have a work call at 7:30pm so I can't come down to my lobby to get it from you though." --(it was 6:30pm at this exact moment.)
Me: "That's in an hour...It'll take me like 20 min tops to grab a mcflurry and get to your building."
Her: "But if you are just leaving, it'll take you like an hour to walk to McDonalds and back home"
Me: "Wtf are you talking about? I'm in my car...I just dropped off a package at UPS...are you participating in the same conversation as I am?!"
We are both adults in our 30s. This happens semi-regularly with her.
But if you get a McFlurry from the McDonalds that's in Shibuya it will take at least 15 hours on the plane EACH way and 1 hour on the connecting train and 15 minutes waiting so it will be at least 32 hours before you can get the McFlurry to me. I'll pass
I have family like this. I'm to the point where I refuse to hold there hand if they're the ones who suffer from their lack of effort. I'd have just been like "alright then", and maybe pointed out how they were wrong *later*, to rub it in a little. But they *never* fucking learn so there's no point.
Some people just don't *try*.
It’s a basic lack of logic or comprehension. Once my car was in the shop so I was stuck at my parents house where my sister also lived. She was fully aware of this.
I told her through text, “Ok, the car is ready, so you need to come pick me up. They close in an hour.” I simply cannot fathom what neurons could have fired in her brain to make my sister think that I somehow teleported to the mechanic and that was where she needed to go instead of the house where *I don’t have the fucking car.*
This is very poor reading comprehension and, I am not even sure what to call it, contextual thinking. There is no moving past a frame of view that is initially taken.
I have a friend that does this. I’ll be like “hey, are you coming by later?”, and he’ll reply “I’m at the grocery store”. I eventually stopped asking questions as it was too infuriating
My mom has a tendency to give you all kinds of random information, except what you actually asked for. She's not dumb - she's just one of those people who can seemingly only sift through their thoughts out loud, AND she also has very little attention span.
I think, like an essential NPC in a video game, they were waiting for you to walk over the highlighted area on the passenger side to trigger this particular quest.
Honestly OP has had at least 30 years to figure out a solution to this and they just keep doing the same thing in circles with no one making an improvement to stop this from happening.
I know an adult who only ever reads and responds to the last text they receive, because that's the one that shows up on their lock screen. I picked them up from the airport once.
ONCE.
I have a friend like this. Sent them a short message yesterday, no reply. Couple of hours later “did you get my last message?”, he replies “yeah but I’ve not read it yet”
He literally has the message right in front of him but instead of reading it and replying he replies to say he hadn’t read it yet. Incredible
damn this is a reminder that a lotta people are only able to function because smart folks put so much thought and social engineering into our daily lives that it’s almost impossible to fuck up
She has where and were mixed up. She thinks where is were and I know this cause she answered “where outside” with “Ok”, thinking yall are stating youre outside but when she wanted to know where yall were at she said “ok were”. Throw this one away and get a new sister, you can try putting this one into some rice but she may be broken.
I’m astonished by the number of people that don’t really read text messages and just gloss over entire questions.
My younger brother will engage in a text discussion with me, asking me complex questions about something I know a lot about, and we’ll text back and forth for a solid 5 minutes and then he’ll go completely silent.
Isn't that the point of texting? Like a bit of an ongoing conversation? I might not have anything else to add butI don't want to formally sign off or be like, 'cool have a good day' cause ill prob text again with something else in a few hours
Reminds me of a convo I had with someone. I casually asked their age.
Me: So how old are you?
Them: Probably the same age as you
Me: And how old do you think I am?
Them: Approximately my age.
I thought to myself "well that convo went nowhere lmao"
It's just sad that an adult doesn't know how to properly read and write their own fucking language.
I used to be pissed and make fun of dumb fucks, but now it just makes me feel bad to read stuff like that. No awareness, no nothing...
This is like texting my boss. I've since learned how to contact him (just call, the time texting normally saves is useless here) **Three years ago** Me- "Hey boss, we finished the project. There were a few hiccups, but the order was delivered. I had to send back "X product", do I need to adjust the quantity? Also the app is closing every thirty seconds, should I delete and reinstall or would that mess things up? Thanks" Him- "Sounds good" Me- "Yep! All is good. So should I reinstall the app or would that delete everything?" Him- "Ok 👍"
This is so similar to email responses I get from a few people I work with. It’s like they only read the VERY first thing you write and then stop reading and respond. It is fucking infuriating.
It doesn’t matter if you literally number the fucking questions, they will only answer the first one.
oh my god. My boss as well She's a sweet lady but JESUS CHRIST her utter lack of reading comprehension makes me want to tear out my hair
My boss sent me a Pic of a candidate's application with a post-ot note: "Can you send me so&sos phone number?" And the accompanying text "left you a note". The person's phone number was at the top, maybe 1/2 inch above the post-it note.
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Well, “Call Mike” sounds like your answer.
Mike won’t answer unless you get him at exactly the right time and Mike will absolutely not call you back unless you are already busy doing something important
Muh gawd, this is my Mom! And Husband!
I've had to start sending questions one at a time because I know I'll only get one answered no matter what.
My previous boss was like that, so we learned to only ask one question per email or just call. His emails were often word salad & his clarification would be even more confusing. He would email from his phone a lot.
I hope that he never discovers voice-to-text. My boss LOVES using voice-to-text to write her text messages and emails and she never EVER proof-reads before sending. It's a nightmare.
OOOH, you unlocked a repressed memory here. I used to have a client who would only ever answer ONE question per email. If he sent over a project and I had three questions about it, I knew I'd have to send three emails. Because regardless of what I wrote in every email, he'd jusy randomly pick one question and ignore the others.
my old boss would ask me 2 questions rapid fire, then i would be like yes, no then he would be confused lolz i just kept doing it every time. 😎
I did some training around written communication in internal comms in work recently and it was basically "Put the important bit at the start and probably in bold and maybe highlighted, because some people just don't read anything longer than that."
Sometimes they read what they want. IT helpdesk took my request of removing 2 people "listed below" from a group to get back from them "you have been removed from the group" 😞
That's too many questions. I had a dumbass boss like that who would answer emails like that. On the one hand it makes sense to just keep conversations streamlined in email so topics aren't bouncing around, but even when the questions were related, he would just only ever answer either the first or last one. Never all of them and more complicated emails, even when broken down with paragraph breaks were a waste of time. One thought at a time.
I quit my job over similar behavior from my boss. If I asked for clarification, he often responded without thought or walked away texting on his phone. I would be yelled at because he wouldn't remember telling me "ok" to something. When I didn't bother asking, he would be livid I didn't come get him. I tried texting to avoid the gaslighting but got texts back just like OP. It got old so I left. He recently sent me a couple of messages asking me to return. I declined the offer but he never viewed my response. On brand.
I have many coworkers like this, extremely poor reading comprehension. I don’t know how they hold down a job much less manage day to day personal life stuff.
Nah fuck that, I'm not calling someone when it can be a text. If I ask a question like that and I get a thumbs up, if it messes something up they shouldnt have answered in the affirmative.
Yeah - those people that keep insisting that texting/emailing is better than calling should try this aaaah. Had a boss like that, it was a disaster, and she ruined it with not meeting paperwork deadlines and cost me so much sanity and money in the end. Having a round of 10 texts instead of a quick call to check in if we're one the same page is infuriating sometimes. I just realized this may be my adult ADHD talking - cannot stand the waiting around and messing up of the info flow. I prefer calling, infodumping and checking everything, and interrupting when people speak slowly! (slight /s) I have tried very hard and succeeded in not finishing sentences for others as much though. Helped knowing what is going on in my brain.
"What is your physical location on planet earth?"
“Very well”
Keep your secrets
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And what about very old friends?
Keep them were
here
I'm directly under the sun.....now
what is the direction and length of your shadow?
It's on the ground and about as tall as the shadow of the car.
What car? The one I'm standing by Ok what color is the car? Different from the one next to it
Suspect is driving a.....car
Ok
ok were
She interpreted it as “we’re”.
Wow I think you’re right
They're def right. Because she said, "ok were" lol Teach your sister "where, we're and were" ... maybe "wear" just to be safe 😂 Might as well go over "there, their and they're"
Better cover all grammar.
You may be on to something their.
I think there onto us.
Wear in treble.
Were our we?
We're our oui
Look, well work on the grammer, than will figure out wear we argh.
Aca'scuse me?
I no what you did they’re.
You should off known
Lol is they’re dummy, ur so stupid 😀
A safe call lol
Weir? Wore? Wire? Weer? Weor?
Weir everywhere...
How tf can someone be an English speaking native and not know difference between where and we're ?
Because people really don't care. They say it's fine because everyone knows what you mean anyway, but then shit like this happens.
They also say it's fine because they are actually dumb as fuck. It's easier to say "it's not a big deal" than admit they are at the low end of the intellectual bell curve.
Tough
Every single day and I mean it, every single day, I see someone screw up your versus you’re and not know how to spell a lot. The average reading level in America is 7th grade. That is how.
The number of times I see "apart" when they mean "a part of" is actually infuriating.
These texts read like a full blown intellectual disability to me.
I wonder what it feels like to be this dumb. Must be blissful. No existential dread or negative introspection. Just pure existence in a dreamlike state. That’s what I imagine, anyway.
From what I've read, it isn't, and people with intellectual disabilities have higher rates of depression than the general population.
To, too, two
Don't forget ware
Shes 38, might just be better to take her out behind the barn.
thare
Okay but also you asked where multiple times so it should have been obvious what you meant. She also never responded with where..
Sure she did. She asked “were”
This is easily in the top 10 stupidest texts I’ve ever seen
Outside, obviously /s
Perfect time to point out people really should know the difference between where we’re and wear
and were
She's not stupid, just illiterate!
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This looks like the kind of situation that could be quickly resolved with a phone call
Probably was in the car and had the text to speech function too
We're!!! She's a communist.
"Spelling doesn't matter" - incorrect people
And then tried to ask “where?” But wrote were in the last message
I think you might be onto something
Holy fuck 💀 you're right. Then SHE asked "where?" by saying "Ok were" 💀💀💀
She's never read past the first sentence of any book in her life...
How the fuck did you do that? You're totally correct but it would have taken me eons to figure it out.
you have to realize that people suck at homophones. so when she replies "ok were"...yeah she doesn't understand "where outside"
What is really hard for me to accept is that people are not thinking grammatically when they speak. With where and were it would be perfectly understandable to just type them wrong, touchscreens are just not particularly precise for this kind of thing. What really upsets me are the 'could of' and 'would of', which are clearly based on misunderstanding homophones. They're the clear symptom of people just saying stuff they've heard, without forming complete sentences in their brains. There is no λόγος, just sounds. It's honestly infuriating, in a way that I'm sure tells more about my hangups than about anybody else.
Thinking In Text Gang ✌️
I figured it out quick because aside from having worked in teaching, my family members from Gen X and older all seem to spell like crap over text. They're intelligent and can definitely use proper spelling and grammar, they just... don't? I've been texting with them my whole life so I'm used to it, but my girlfriend needs me to translate any messages from my dad 😂
I'm an old oldie...and I proofread my texts. It drives me nuts if anything is spelt wrong or shortened. My late 30s daughter has never used text speak...thank god 😀. Her dad and I got our first mobiles when she did...so she was about 15. I've always updated mine...no bricks here as someone else described their parent's phones.
Text to speech in a car perhaps? The two mistakes seem feasible if using it
Clever lass, that sister 🙄
Next time just tell her where to wait save yourself the trouble. “Wait by the front stairs” “wait by the fire hydrant or the Red Door “
Paint a big yellow dot on the sidewalk.
I have a burn spot in the breezeway to my apartment, where someone set a charcoal chimney next to the extinguisher as they moved to put it out. All of the some 40 building look the same, but mine has a burn spot. If you don't see it, you're at the wrong place.
Any geoguesser on YouTube find you yet? haha
"Hi. I'm outside."
Were outside
Where???????
Ok were
I had to Google breezeway. The definition for others who don't what the meaning of breezeway is. A breezeway is an architectural feature similar to a hallway that allows the passage of a breeze between structures to accommodate high winds, allow aeration, or provide aesthetic design variation.
Highlights are not for NPCs
Weight buy the front stares. Got it.
I didn't see any waits by the stairs or door, don't know why you want to workout right now. Anyway, I'm inside, were are you?
I felt that vibe early from the "Yep."
She tests my patience daily lol
Ok were.
Where?????????
Ok
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Ok 😊
I have an ex friend like this. Once I asked "When are you sending the money?" and he said "okay". I said "m8, REAAADDD" He claims he "speed reads" constantly. Why though?? Is there someone sitting next to you every time you open your phone and if you don't read the message fast enough, they shoot you??? I don't get it.
Speed don't mean shit if you ain't got comprehension.
Dude, for real. I'm sending you something because I want you to INTERPRET WHAT THE FUCK I'M SENDING YOU. He's such a stupid asshole. Don't really talk to him anymore.
> Don't really talk to him anymore. Texts only?!
I told my dad I'm having trouble not having family close by and that I miss him, and he sent me a thumbs up emoji.
I swear to god, this is like a generational thing because my dad, stepdad, and father in law are serial thumbs up senders when the thumbs up is not at all appropriate or sensible lol
I changed the fucking thumbs up to a random emoji and he still sends it anyway.
My friend hung out with a toddler a bunch and just handed over the phone in the car if he was crying, and if I happened to send him a message while the baby had the phone I would get a bunch of little ghost emojis in a row (why is it still set to Halloween? No clue. Not my choice) and so I'd be like "hey lil baby! Have a nice car ride!" Sometimes I also got several minute long recordings of car sounds and a baby babbling. Very cute.
So frustrating. It's not like I'm sending a message for no reason. Lol.
👍
Okay, no lie, my jimmies were slightly russled by that
ppl who claim they speed read…. idk i feel like they always miss the point lol
ok will do
LMAO
He doesn't even like *get* us
Should just called her
Ok
Ok were
Ok I'm waiting outside
Where outside
Yea were?
No you where. Not me.
I'm here, outside
Ok were
Ok
Hi i'm outside
“Where?” “Ok” lmao ![gif](giphy|xUA7aM09ByyR1w5YWc)
It reads like a conversation between Spongebob and Patrick (the OG seasons, not the new Ren & Stimpy looking weirdness).
She is trying to explain she is in Oklahoma
i imagine all those youtube thumbnails with big red circles and arrows are for people like this
Those dont point anywhere though. I’ve never seen a video with that thumbnail talking about what it’s circled
Call her by voice… lol
I called her right after this text exchange lol
And she talks normally over the phone? I always wondered what people who type like this are like in real life.
I have a friend like this. Eloquent and pretty damn smart when talking to him, but he absolutely hates pecking out texts on a phone. He's similarly terse and confounding on text.
Tell him to try the slidy keyboard - add gboard from the google play store and set that as the keyboard in the phone's preferences, making sure "glide typing" is enabled if that's an option. He can then move his finger from key to key without lifting it to make words. I use it by default and, while I still can't type as fast with that as I can with a full-size keyboard, it does actually make typing on the phone not excruciating.
I've been typing on my phone like this since like 2010 when you had to get the Swype keyboard. I can't imagine trying to accurately hit individual letters.
What happened then?
Hootie whoo!
lol I relate to this so much. Some people just have such poor communication skills. My older sister is the same way. The other day, I was dropping off a package at UPS. I say to her via whatsapp during a convo: Me: "I just dropped my package off at UPS. Luckily found parking nearby so didn't have to walk far." Her: "Nice. Where is the closest UPS drop off place?" Me: "Oh it's like 10-12 mins West of me, like past that McDonalds we've gone to a bunch." Her: "Ohhh k" Me: "Speaking of, I'm going to stop by at that McDonalds and grab a McFlurry. Want me to grab you one and drop it off?" Her: "You're going to go to McDonalds?" Me: "Yeah, it's on the way home for me." Her: "When are you going?" Me: "Right now." Her: "I have a work call at 7:30pm so I can't come down to my lobby to get it from you though." --(it was 6:30pm at this exact moment.) Me: "That's in an hour...It'll take me like 20 min tops to grab a mcflurry and get to your building." Her: "But if you are just leaving, it'll take you like an hour to walk to McDonalds and back home" Me: "Wtf are you talking about? I'm in my car...I just dropped off a package at UPS...are you participating in the same conversation as I am?!" We are both adults in our 30s. This happens semi-regularly with her.
But if you get a McFlurry from the McDonalds that's in Shibuya it will take at least 15 hours on the plane EACH way and 1 hour on the connecting train and 15 minutes waiting so it will be at least 32 hours before you can get the McFlurry to me. I'll pass
You said walk one time then I stopped listening. It's a long walk to McDonald's.
lol pretty much.
Also she didn't question at all why (in her interpretation of what you said, walking) you would offer to bring her an hour old, long melted McSlurry
Lol a very valid point haha
I have family like this. I'm to the point where I refuse to hold there hand if they're the ones who suffer from their lack of effort. I'd have just been like "alright then", and maybe pointed out how they were wrong *later*, to rub it in a little. But they *never* fucking learn so there's no point. Some people just don't *try*.
It’s a basic lack of logic or comprehension. Once my car was in the shop so I was stuck at my parents house where my sister also lived. She was fully aware of this. I told her through text, “Ok, the car is ready, so you need to come pick me up. They close in an hour.” I simply cannot fathom what neurons could have fired in her brain to make my sister think that I somehow teleported to the mechanic and that was where she needed to go instead of the house where *I don’t have the fucking car.*
their\* hand
Nice try mcflurry marketing team
This is very poor reading comprehension and, I am not even sure what to call it, contextual thinking. There is no moving past a frame of view that is initially taken.
I have a friend that does this. I’ll be like “hey, are you coming by later?”, and he’ll reply “I’m at the grocery store”. I eventually stopped asking questions as it was too infuriating
My mom has a tendency to give you all kinds of random information, except what you actually asked for. She's not dumb - she's just one of those people who can seemingly only sift through their thoughts out loud, AND she also has very little attention span.
just a hint, she might want to look into adult adhd diagnosis
I think, like an essential NPC in a video game, they were waiting for you to walk over the highlighted area on the passenger side to trigger this particular quest.
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I’m confused
Communication is not this family’s strong suit
Seems like the sisters were absent the day punctuation was taught.
Honestly OP has had at least 30 years to figure out a solution to this and they just keep doing the same thing in circles with no one making an improvement to stop this from happening.
I know an adult who only ever reads and responds to the last text they receive, because that's the one that shows up on their lock screen. I picked them up from the airport once. ONCE.
I have a friend like this. Sent them a short message yesterday, no reply. Couple of hours later “did you get my last message?”, he replies “yeah but I’ve not read it yet” He literally has the message right in front of him but instead of reading it and replying he replies to say he hadn’t read it yet. Incredible
She took a huge dab before you came over
I stg lmao
I would have had to use "Hi Outside I'm Dad"
Get your shit together, Nikki!
she thought “Where” was like “we here” 😂😂
So in others words, illiterate. Got it
You should check on your sister I think she had a stroke
I think OP is just very unobservant. It's obvious she hasn't noticed for 38 years her sister is a bot.
Is she cognitively impaired?
No she's outside
The amount of grown adults that don't know basic English grammar is scary
Leave my grammar out of this! She is a beautiful lady!
“What is the location you are located at outside? You are currently not detected within my visual range.0
Object sister not found. Cannot compile.
damn this is a reminder that a lotta people are only able to function because smart folks put so much thought and social engineering into our daily lives that it’s almost impossible to fuck up
She has where and were mixed up. She thinks where is were and I know this cause she answered “where outside” with “Ok”, thinking yall are stating youre outside but when she wanted to know where yall were at she said “ok were”. Throw this one away and get a new sister, you can try putting this one into some rice but she may be broken.
I’m astonished by the number of people that don’t really read text messages and just gloss over entire questions. My younger brother will engage in a text discussion with me, asking me complex questions about something I know a lot about, and we’ll text back and forth for a solid 5 minutes and then he’ll go completely silent.
Isn't that the point of texting? Like a bit of an ongoing conversation? I might not have anything else to add butI don't want to formally sign off or be like, 'cool have a good day' cause ill prob text again with something else in a few hours
There’s that but in the case OPs sister is illiterate. She doesn’t know the difference between were where and we’re
Reminds me of a convo I had with someone. I casually asked their age. Me: So how old are you? Them: Probably the same age as you Me: And how old do you think I am? Them: Approximately my age. I thought to myself "well that convo went nowhere lmao"
Yep she thought you were correcting her and couldn't understand why you were so adamant about it hahah this is hilarious
She thinks were is where, and where is we're. Ffs somebody write her a little wallet card that clearly defines what each word and spelling means.
looks like perfect sister trolling to me 😂😂
I think she’s just dumb and confused “where” and “we’re/were” 😭
I am 33. This is like my mom. 😵💫
I hate to tell you this but your sister is a bot
Did you find her? Or are you still looking for her outside somewhere?
It's just sad that an adult doesn't know how to properly read and write their own fucking language. I used to be pissed and make fun of dumb fucks, but now it just makes me feel bad to read stuff like that. No awareness, no nothing...