Instant messaging is great. That goes without saying. However, there's
some people out there who have decided to start a new trend, and that
trend is setting themselves as away on IM when they are not away or
busy at all. And this has driven me nuts over the last two weeks. Not
because I don't know when these people are truly busy or not.
It's because people automatically assume that when I'm away, I'm really here.
Either that, or they think I'm omnipresent, can see their messages, and can respond accordingly.
What's worse is, most of these messages I receive while away aren't
messages just saying, "Hope you're doing ok," or, "Hey, I just wanted
to give you a quick update: It's not really Herpes."
95% of the messages are: "Hey." Or "How's it going," or "Help! Now!"
What's worse is I get more conversation-starting messages while I'm
away than when I'm listed as Available. This is clearly parallel to
when I'm dating someone, and girls throw themselves all over me.
Also, bear in mind that I'm not ambiguous about my away messages. I
clearly enter what I'm currently doing in my away messages. I also let
people know that if they have something to say, to leave a quick
message. This does not translate into "Hey, let's talk while I'm work,
because OMG I have ESP and WILL get back to you immediately!"
Also note this: On MSN, I have a plugin that sends auto-reply messages
to people to let them see the exact same away messages that people on
AIM and Yahoo see. It even prefixes the responses with "This in an
auto-reply message:" People STILL see this and thing, "OMG what a
kidder, I'll just scroll him, and he'll respond." Yeah, not going to
happen.
Actually, you have more of a chance of me responding by waiting till
I'm Available, because not only am I not here to respond when I'm away,
when I come home/wake up, and see this string of messages from you
saying, "Hey, what's up?" I get more and more unlikely to respond to
your messages at all, since you obviously do not grasp the concept that
because I'm away, that means that I AM NOT AT MY COMPUTER!
Then there's a special group of people dedicated to the ones on MSN who
think I'm really not away, so they send me Nudges (or Buzzes on Yahoo).
That group of people is more likely to see me chasing after them with a
lead pipe than they are to EVER get a reply to an IM, because Buzzes
and Nudges drive me absolutely insane to no end. Even doing it when I'm
available will get the same result: Lead pipe.
So let's recap:
-When my away message says: "I'm asleep," I'm asleep.
-When my away message says: "I'm at work," I'm at work.
-When my away message says: "I'm at the store," I'm at the store.
-When you try to start conversations when I'm set to any of these away
messages, including others that might indicate that I'm not at my
computer, or not at home, you make the baby Jesus cry.
-When you start conversations when I'm set to availble, or set to an
away message that indicates that I'm at my computer but busy doing
something and to message me if it's necessary, you make the baby Jesus
giggle.
-Giggling > Crying. Unless you're emo.
Lesson over. Now I'm going to work. But since I have ESP and
omnipresence, obviously feel free to message me, even though I'm set to
away, because only by doing so will you help me hone those skills and
become an extra on Heroes.
some people out there who have decided to start a new trend, and that
trend is setting themselves as away on IM when they are not away or
busy at all. And this has driven me nuts over the last two weeks. Not
because I don't know when these people are truly busy or not.
It's because people automatically assume that when I'm away, I'm really here.
Either that, or they think I'm omnipresent, can see their messages, and can respond accordingly.
What's worse is, most of these messages I receive while away aren't
messages just saying, "Hope you're doing ok," or, "Hey, I just wanted
to give you a quick update: It's not really Herpes."
95% of the messages are: "Hey." Or "How's it going," or "Help! Now!"
What's worse is I get more conversation-starting messages while I'm
away than when I'm listed as Available. This is clearly parallel to
when I'm dating someone, and girls throw themselves all over me.
Also, bear in mind that I'm not ambiguous about my away messages. I
clearly enter what I'm currently doing in my away messages. I also let
people know that if they have something to say, to leave a quick
message. This does not translate into "Hey, let's talk while I'm work,
because OMG I have ESP and WILL get back to you immediately!"
Also note this: On MSN, I have a plugin that sends auto-reply messages
to people to let them see the exact same away messages that people on
AIM and Yahoo see. It even prefixes the responses with "This in an
auto-reply message:" People STILL see this and thing, "OMG what a
kidder, I'll just scroll him, and he'll respond." Yeah, not going to
happen.
Actually, you have more of a chance of me responding by waiting till
I'm Available, because not only am I not here to respond when I'm away,
when I come home/wake up, and see this string of messages from you
saying, "Hey, what's up?" I get more and more unlikely to respond to
your messages at all, since you obviously do not grasp the concept that
because I'm away, that means that I AM NOT AT MY COMPUTER!
Then there's a special group of people dedicated to the ones on MSN who
think I'm really not away, so they send me Nudges (or Buzzes on Yahoo).
That group of people is more likely to see me chasing after them with a
lead pipe than they are to EVER get a reply to an IM, because Buzzes
and Nudges drive me absolutely insane to no end. Even doing it when I'm
available will get the same result: Lead pipe.
So let's recap:
-When my away message says: "I'm asleep," I'm asleep.
-When my away message says: "I'm at work," I'm at work.
-When my away message says: "I'm at the store," I'm at the store.
-When you try to start conversations when I'm set to any of these away
messages, including others that might indicate that I'm not at my
computer, or not at home, you make the baby Jesus cry.
-When you start conversations when I'm set to availble, or set to an
away message that indicates that I'm at my computer but busy doing
something and to message me if it's necessary, you make the baby Jesus
giggle.
-Giggling > Crying. Unless you're emo.
Lesson over. Now I'm going to work. But since I have ESP and
omnipresence, obviously feel free to message me, even though I'm set to
away, because only by doing so will you help me hone those skills and
become an extra on Heroes.
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