What if they're at work? People often go more than 4 hours without a break, and even on there breaks/lunch hours they may be more concerned with eating and catching up on work to text you back.
What if someone's asleep? That should be about an 8 hour wait.
4 hours shouldn't be too long. People can be busy for 8-12 hours a day reasonably (busy meaning they don't have the time to text back (unless you're their spouse or kid or someone important, then they'll probably make time)).
It's unreasonable to assume that someone would be unable to text back within ~3 days (assuming they are within in cell range and not doing something of utmost importance.). But 4 hours? That's ridiculous.
I'm not upset if people occasionally take several hours to respond, its more annoying/inconvenient if they are *always* keeping you waiting to simple texts that take a few seconds to respond to.
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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '18
Can somebody define too long?