Do you use instant messaging and likes to chat? If yes, I hope you can relate with me. If not, try to relate with me. I chat everyday. I talk with friends and other people. It’s fun. It’s a perfect activity to kill time. When you talk with people you often talk about many things and it will take you to different topics as you chat. Now to ask, how long does it take you to reply to someone you’re talking to? Usually when you’re talking about something you reply immediately as long as you receive a message. That’s the common practice of chatting. You send a message, they’d reply, and you respond again. It’s a cycle until you end a conversation or there is no need to reply. Give and take of answers. If someone is asking you, you should be able to respond immediately. This is important if you’re in a middle of a conversation. You do not leave a question hanging otherwise you’re being rude (unless you have informed the person that you’re busy or you’re doing something else). With the people that I’ve talked to, some just gets on my nerves. It’s irritating. It’s not about what we’re talking about, but the fact that whenever I send a message, the person I’m talking to takes 5 minutes or so to reply. It’s like you’re waiting for an email. But no, it’s instant messaging. You should be able to respond in an instant, whether you’re holding something in your one hand you can type slowly with the other but it’s not gonna take 5 minutes. This is more annoying if you’re asking something and you have to wait for too long for a reply and the only answer you get is one word - “yes”. What you see in your chat window is like the person is writing a paragraph and then you get a single word as a reply which is “yup”.

Person: (type-type-type-erase-type-type-erase-erase-type) 11:40:35am
<takes a while still no reply>
Person: yup. 11:45:46am

What was that all about? Sometimes you ask a question, say 3 questions and you only get an answer for the 3rd.

You: what’s the site again?
You: do i need to sign up?
You: where do i see the instructions?
Person: you can see it at the bottom of the page.

<Then you have to ask the questions again>

Is the person you’re talking to ever reading your chat? I guess not. When I chat I always reply to every question. But for some people, they just don’t care. They won’t bother reading up your first questions and answer them. Aside from the fact that they can’t respond immediately and send an annoying short answer, they don’t read what you’re saying.

So there, I have no problems with people chatting but I hope you get the point. I don’t mind chatting with people who types slow (because I’m not a fast typer too) but I appreciate them more because they can respond immediately as soon as you send a message. Don’t be annoyed if the person is busy, though.