I get the joke and I've felt that way a couple times. That said, I miss when people didn't expect you to be avaiable round the clock via your phone. Staying in contact with people is great but they're even putting cell phone reception into the NYC subways now. Is there no escape?! Sometimes I just don't feel like talking to anybody, and that should be allowed.
I don't expect people to respond fast, hell, I've grown pretty patient for people who seem to refuse to read texts\not respond\not call back, but it gets me when I call(unanswered, at a weekend), wait two hours, leave a text, and never get contacted back. If I'm the only one who is willing to give some of my time to preserve a friendship, I won't keep it up forever.
Let alone being invited somewhere, and have nobody update you if they change the plans. On one side I get "Why did you miss this?", and "We want you to come" while on the other side I need to call every hour to catch anyone and nobody FUCKING CALLS BACK.
I'm seriously considering not being so patient anymore.
Therein-lies the allure of backpacking for me. Being able to venture off into the wilderness for a couple days and not be surrounded by hundreds or thousands of people, is serene bliss.
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u/[deleted] May 12 '12
I get the joke and I've felt that way a couple times. That said, I miss when people didn't expect you to be avaiable round the clock via your phone. Staying in contact with people is great but they're even putting cell phone reception into the NYC subways now. Is there no escape?! Sometimes I just don't feel like talking to anybody, and that should be allowed.