In don't know if it's me or what, but all this week I have been noticing a trend in questions addressed to me on IM. People seem to think it's perfectly alright to have a thought, and ping me mid-thought with the second half of their thought.
It is extremely wierd when you're busy and then a question pops up which makes no sense whatsoever and not even preceded by a "Yo!" or a "Hey there!" as is common.
Samples from mid-thought questions this week. (For peace and anonymity and to protect myself from being sued, I'd gonna identify them all by (unrelated) alphabets)
Earlier this week. I am working, extremely busy, my mind given to the task at hand and and a window pops up.
A: Hey, $1500/nt is fine?
(What am i supposed to answer? I mean, where is this question coming from? )
Me: Very few people charge 1500 dollars a night. Ain't that a tad expensive?
A: oh incase u r wondering - its just for the room.
No, in case you're wondering I was NOT planning a holiday with this person. i have no idea why this person was checking out hotel room rates and I have no idea why I was consulted.
B: hey, what do u think about a candy bra?
Me: lol.... interesting question. It could potentially be extremely turning on.
B: Saw an ad for one. Thought it might interesting to know what you think.
I mean, seriously, why would I have an opinion on a candy bra? But see.. people think I would. My kid sis is sitting at her desk, sees an ad for a candy bra and pings me a question.
C: Hey is S absconding?
What???????? I didn't get that either.
Then there is strange admiration.
D: you busy?
Me: had a meeting.
D: WOW!!!!
For what? Attending a meeting?
E: Hey can I ask?
Me: What?
Complete silence follows.
F: Hey not that you are anti-male or anything just thought.. You do like it right?
Me: Like what?
F: Oh I sent you an e-mail.
G: shall we?
Me: Huh?
This was yesterday and the wierdest one so far....
H: Do u believe that we can attain nirvana if we really try attaining so...?
Me: I haven't give the subject much thought :) I am still wildly in pursuit of peace and happiness on earth :)
H: shall I ask u onething?
Me: yup
H: Do u know where people get potassium cyanide from?
I mean, gimme a break. What am I? Google? People think they can ask random questions? What is this with IMing? What is this with just being able to log in, see a yellow smiley or green bulb beside a name. What is it about that which tells people. "Put down a question... Any question.... Put it down now!!!" And it's only the damned second day of the week.
15 comments:
Well...I again have the honour of posting the first comment!
It is a bit irritating at times the way people behave on messenger... I mean they will use any abbreviation they want, use slangs known only to their collegemates (I'm not one of them) and then spend 5 minutes explaining it. Vanish suddenly mid conversation. After I type a long message, they'll ask "What?"
I haven't faced questions like you though... :-)
Pretty interesting(for lack of a better word) conversations... and you have really wierd friends :)(assuming ppl who IM u must be ur friends).. Thats all I have to say about that :-o)..
But then you always have the option of extending the same meaningless and irrelevant conversation and turn it back onto them and make them pay for it:-o) ...
@ Sriram: Not all are friends. But yes, I know I'm a magnet for different (I won't say wierd) people. Birds of a feather and all that sort of thing....
Talking about magnets, we used to call a certain friend of yours, "A Jerk Magnet" :-o). I wouldnt want to mention names here :)
@sriram: Jerk magnet?! sounds like someone was watching out.....do u by any chance know who?
@ sriram: Since this friend attrcted people like you and me, is this a convoluted way of telling me that we are both jerks?
@Charmed: Dont good friends watch out for each other ;-o) .. Btw 'Jerk Magnet' was a joke..
@Careless: Maybe and May be not.. I can speak for myself.. I dont think I will make a good jerk.. I would fail terribly at it.. I dunno about u :-p)
@ anonymous: When I respond on IM to B, that response is for B, not for losers who wanna buy underclothes for strangers they don't know. So regarding your offer, no thanks.
Pick on someone in your zone. Which is definitely SO way way way below mine that I can't even bloody see it. And I don't even wanna hear about it. Crawl back into your burrow, you hermaphroditic earthworm!
Do you know how to cure elephantiasis?
What do I need to make LSD at home?
@ Summit: Random questions that come my way on blog? :) Here's a chat gem from your pal's den (He's so gonna kill me now) "jeez/.. i am really scared :)" was a response to my GTalk status message.
Now answer to question 1. Ask the slim elephants. They should be knowing
Answer to question 2. Will let you know in a more private chatspace - my place or yours :)
My place needs some cleaning up. How about yours?
Will mean flying down to Hyd. Are you game?
@Careless: You have intentionally snipped your Gtalk Status message and calling that random? thats outrageous. :-o)
@ Sriram: I had forgotten I'd set the message, so it looked like a mid-thought ping to me. Summit, my status message for that day was something like "Don't ping me unless I know you. I might be rude."
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