What happen to getting back to people?
I have really noticed this in the last couple of years. When it comes to replying to a phone call or e-mail it seems that people are getting worse about not doing it. Is it so hard to call someone back? When you call someone and don’t get them but, leave a message don’t you expect to get a reply back? Even if you don’t want anything to do with that person would you expect some closure at least? Are people to busy in the race of life to stop and just say, “Hi?”
I called someone this last weekend and since they were out of town I thought that they would probably call back when they got back in town. Oh no, didn’t hear a thing so I wasn’t busy that nite so I decided to give her a call to see if they were doing anything and got the voicemail so I left a message. I was expecting to hear something later that nite but nope, nothing. I might be jumping to conclusions, which I hardly ever do. Ha, ha, ha! I couldn’t keep a straight face but I would like to think I give people a chance.
I couple of months ago a friend came back in my life and I thought it would interesting to hang out with them again. I called when I wasn’t busy and wanted to know if they would want to hang out. I e-mailed and left messages. No I wasn’t stalking but every once and I while I would drop a line. This person is very busy and I understand that it might take a few days to get back but they never did. So I confronted them and they said that would like to go do stuff but I keep forgetting stuff or to busy and I just forget. I e-mailed them saying how it was hard to be there friend when the don’t call back. Did hear back from them for like a month. Saw them one day and they said I was afraid you were made at me so I didn’t call back but still would like to do something. Wouldn’t you think that is would make it worse to not say nothing at all and let it get worse.
Now I have said I would call somebody back and things just got busy but I always get back to them. I just think people have so much on their plates these days that they can’t slow down to see the bigger picture. What the bigger picture is is different for everyone but I think taking a breath and catching up would be the same for everyone.
Anybody else has the same problem or is it just me? I think the good old golden rule applies here say, “All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.” It is something like that.
So please take to heart if some calls you and leaves a message call them back to give them a call back even if don’t want nothing to do with them. Wouldn’t you want them to do the same to you?
Picture of the day: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
I called someone this last weekend and since they were out of town I thought that they would probably call back when they got back in town. Oh no, didn’t hear a thing so I wasn’t busy that nite so I decided to give her a call to see if they were doing anything and got the voicemail so I left a message. I was expecting to hear something later that nite but nope, nothing. I might be jumping to conclusions, which I hardly ever do. Ha, ha, ha! I couldn’t keep a straight face but I would like to think I give people a chance.
I couple of months ago a friend came back in my life and I thought it would interesting to hang out with them again. I called when I wasn’t busy and wanted to know if they would want to hang out. I e-mailed and left messages. No I wasn’t stalking but every once and I while I would drop a line. This person is very busy and I understand that it might take a few days to get back but they never did. So I confronted them and they said that would like to go do stuff but I keep forgetting stuff or to busy and I just forget. I e-mailed them saying how it was hard to be there friend when the don’t call back. Did hear back from them for like a month. Saw them one day and they said I was afraid you were made at me so I didn’t call back but still would like to do something. Wouldn’t you think that is would make it worse to not say nothing at all and let it get worse.
Now I have said I would call somebody back and things just got busy but I always get back to them. I just think people have so much on their plates these days that they can’t slow down to see the bigger picture. What the bigger picture is is different for everyone but I think taking a breath and catching up would be the same for everyone.
Anybody else has the same problem or is it just me? I think the good old golden rule applies here say, “All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.” It is something like that.
So please take to heart if some calls you and leaves a message call them back to give them a call back even if don’t want nothing to do with them. Wouldn’t you want them to do the same to you?
Picture of the day: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
posted by road runner at 7:29 AM
1 Comments:
AMEN!!!!!! I totally understand. Thats a lot of how I am feeling about the situation with Lori which you know about. It is just common courtesy to call people back no matter what.
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