Etiquette on Text Messaging

TGD Etiquette Session

 

Bukola Olupona

 

Dear Deborahs,I hope this meets you well. Today we shall be considering a topic requested by one of our sisters; Etiquette on Text messaging.

 

The following are a few tips to serve as guide in text messaging.

 

* If you text someone who doesn't have your phone number, start your message by stating who you are.

 

* When you have a chance, respond to a text message with either a text message or a phone call.

 

* Just as you shouldn't be answering your phone during a conversation, you shouldn't send a text message when you are engaged with someone else. If you are with someone who will not stop text messaging during your conversation, feel free to excuse yourself until they have concluded their message.

 

* Text message is informal,it shouldn't be used for formal invitations or to call off a relationship.

 

* Be aware of your tone, it is extremely difficult to discern tone in text messages,be careful to choose your words,don't send text message when you are tensed up or angry.

 

* Don't use slangs when sending text message.

 

* Don't assume that because you are awake,working, or not busy,that the person you are texting is as well.

 

* Be careful in your use of acronyms and abbreviations, they may not make meaning to your recipient.

 

Please feel free to add more tips in the comments below.

 

Happy workers day to our Nigerian sisters,and a blessed May to all.