Okay I Will Accept Your Text…. But, there are Basic Requirements.

Okay I Will Accept Your Text…. But, there are Basic Requirements.

One of my most frustrating issues in dealing with rentals is the amount of people who have opted to take a huge step back in communications to the old telegraph machine.

Instead of picking up the modern telephone, or answering the phone in their pocket, they instead insist on typing in a cryptic message and then waiting a day or so to check for a response from their bewildered victim.

I can’t tell you how many bewildering and infuriating texts I get in a week with vague messages like “is the house available”.

What the heck does that mean anyway?, and who are you?, and which house are you referring to?, and do you want to look at it?, and when are you needing a home?, and? , and? and? and? and?!?!?!?!

I do not have the time or patience to type all of the needed questions into my tiny phone keypad for the dozen telegraphers who will send me vague texts this morning.

And I also do not want to waste that much time when I know that most of these returned texts will be ignored for several days only to have that same phone number send me another text next week asking the same vague question.

We have all sorts of modern communication devices including email where you can type in a decent message, and even better yet a telephone where you can have a two way communication. Why resort to something that was popular in the late 1800’s and was quickly replaced with something much better called the telephone.

Email is great for getting lots of facts across, but again you do need to provide the basics and a decent question, and above all, be ready to respond when the respondent responds, don’t just post and run.

So here are the rules of texting and emailing, if you insist on avoiding the telephone.

1. Start with your name, your full name.
2. Which home are you interested in?
3. When do you need the home by?
4. Any SPECIFIC questions, don’t ask me to tell you about it, that is why I posted an add with all of the details.
5. When do you want to view the home?
6. And above all, DON’T LEAVE ME HANGING HERE WAITING FOR A RESPONSE!!!!, nothing more frustrating than putting a message in a bottle throwing it in the ocean and wondering when you will get a reply, or if you just wasted your time and thumbs sending the message.

So though I despise texts and would rather use a tin can and a string, I will accept them, but only if you follow basic protocols and courtesies.

 

Fail to do so and don’t be surprised to find your number blocked.

 

 

 

 

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Bob Crane

 Woodland Management Service

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 Stevens Point, WI 54481

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