lightningandsnow
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Fri Feb-13-09 07:26 PM
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How would you deal with this? |
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Edited on Fri Feb-13-09 07:26 PM by lightningandsnow
I have a friend who's actually a pretty cool guy. I also happen to have him as a friend on MSN messenger.
Everyday, he messages me, the instant I log on. Which would be fine in itself, right? Here's the thing. He's clearly bored. 99% of what he says is completely inane (like "I'm chewing gum. Now I'm watching House. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"), and, for someone that talks to me all the time, I can only recall 1 or 2 MSN conversations we've had that were actually really interesting or productive. And, he flips out if I don't answer him right away.
He also has a half sister who does the exact same thing, although to a lesser degree, save for the fact that she doesn't flip if she doesn't get a reply right away.
What should I do? It's starting to get to me, but I really hate being mean to people.
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Lyric
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Fri Feb-13-09 07:28 PM
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1. Log in on invisible, Block him, then change your status to visible. |
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He can't see you if he's Blocked, and if you *want* to talk to him, you can always Unblock him at any time.
:hi:
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Radical Activist
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Fri Feb-13-09 07:29 PM
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2. can't you claim to be working on something? |
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Fri Feb-13-09 10:03 PM
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how come you stopped responding to my IM's?
:silly:
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Danger Mouse
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Fri Feb-13-09 10:04 PM
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4. "Busy" status works wonders. |
enigmatic
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Fri Feb-13-09 10:06 PM
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5. That's why I don't do IM |
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I know on Facebook you can lo "off" for IM; there might be something in Messenger like that, too..
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Fri Feb-13-09 10:08 PM
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6. i almost always log in invisible |
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if i want to talk to someone i'll IM them, and a lot of times people will IM me while i'm in but invisible to see if i'm on. if i want to talk i'll respond. if not, then i'm "offline" :P
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Fri Feb-13-09 10:15 PM
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7. Its devastating when someone ignores your inane rantings. |
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