OK, this is where I know I'm getting really and grumpy. OMG I've turned into a grumpy old woman. We were all sitting on the sofa watching Charlie & Lola tonight when the letter box snaps. Little Miss rushes out to see what has been delivered and returns empty handed; a few minutes later it rattles again and again Little Miss rushes to look and returns empty handed. Goth Dad looks a while later to find a 'while you were out' card stuck half in and half out of the letter box. WE WERE IN!!!! The first rattle was their version of knocking on the door. We have a perfectly good bell that we can hear all over the house. Anyway, we had ordered some house crap as from this door to door catalogue thing as we are too lazy / busy to spend our weekends in DIY shops *shudder* and they had tried to deliver it. A text message conversation with the girl L quickly follows:
GM: "L, we were in! Please ring the doorbell next time. GM @ address"
L: "OK wot times wil ub in 2morrow :-)"
GM: "We will both be home from work by 5.30 and will be at home all evening. GM"
L: "Ok i wil pop bak afta 530 2mo.l"
I swear if she had replied "ta m8" I would have sought her out and strangled her.
I guess this is why I spend half my time teaching literacy in an IT class. It doesn't give me a huge amount of confidence in her business prowess!!!!!
I love technology, gadgets and fast communication devices, but if this is what text messaging is doing to the English language then I would quite cheerfully smash every last mobile phone.
**Goth Mum is going off for a lie down now**
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