disability/housebound lifestyle things
i have way more like unstructured time than most ppl so, for me, instant messages/DMs are like emails?
like, you send one, and then at some point someone might get it and read it, and eventually they might reply
i don’t rlly know how to respond when ppl say like “i can’t talk now” bc like, the assumption is that i want them to drop what they’re doing and respond before they necessarily want to
but i kinna just expect them to answer if/when they wanna
disability/housebound lifestyle things
i guess it’s a culture disconnect bc like, when i used to work, ppl were constantly popping their head into my life expecting instant responses
i generally lament the normalisation of a telephone etiquette where you just phone someone whenever you want, and if they don’t answer they’d better have a good reason
if i realise someone would feel like that about instant messages too, i generally find it hard to send them at all ? but. it’s not their fault
