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[–] 19 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Honest question, if I have to ask for 3 pieces of information, would it help if I sent it in 3 messages?

Message 1: how many people are coming to dinner?

Message 2: are any vegetarian?

Message 3: what time are they arriving?

Personally I would prefer the 1 message with 3 questions vs the 3 messages with 1 question each(many messages in short time make me think something is wrong and urgent), what's your preference?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago (7 children)

    It's a lot easier with separate messages. The visual separation helps a lot.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 days ago (6 children)

    Interesting. Thanks for the quick response.

    Really the only thing that really annoys me over text is yes/no to not yes/no questions.

    Me: I've had a long day so was going to just pick up dinner on way home, do you want pizza or burgers?

    Partner: yes

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  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago* (3 children)

    The answer is clear. BOTH. Or just ask them to answer 1 or 2 to these kind of questions, if you're not gonna let them indulge.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 child)

    This is... Definitely something... Just do this every time your partener isn't clear enough about their intentions. They'll clarify real quick.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago

    Lol, sorry result of a 30 second search, especially the pickles and mayo make me think twice.

    I knew a place with a cheeseburger pizza but it was basically just a regular pizza with cheedar cheese and ground beef.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago*

    Nah for me 1 message is where it's at, I was just joking. I like it when people send over one message with everything they need to tell or ask so I can respond without going into a back and forward, ESPECIALLY if I'm busy with work but not necessarily.

    I also ask multiple things in one message but people never ever take the time to respond to all of them... Fucking ever, it pisses me off lol, because I put effort into writing a coherent message then they just discard it most of the time :-/

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