Am I a Poor Communicator or a Texting Genius?
Face to face, phone and even email communication may be dead. Case in point, this text conversation I had yesterday with our babysitter:
Me: I know it’s late notice but any chance you could babysit tonight (tues)?
Babysitter: Yes i can babysit. What time do you need me??
Me: awesome. let me check what time [my wife] will be home and get back to you in a few
Babysitter: Okay.
Me: can u b at our house around 5:50 tonight? will probably be back around or just before 10pm. is that ok?
Babysitter: Yes. Thats fine.
Me: thank you!!
Babysitter: No problem!!!
This entire conversation took place over about 5 minutes. I never talked face to face with our babysitter. Never picked up the phone. Never sent an email. And yet she showed up at my front door at exactly 5:50 pm.
Is it wrong that I made babysitter arrangements using only text messages? Or am I brilliant for using the preferred communication method of teenagers? You decide.