Text Schmext

 No. I do not text. I don't like texting, never did and find it uncomfortable, silly and unnecessary. Why is it when I am speaking to someone in business they say, I'll text you? No thanks. Don't do it, don't like it, don't want it. And it isn't because I am old and blub blub am not able as many nitwits think, that elders can't handle technical things due to being ancient and thus stupid. I live here and now, the same as you. I am your contemporary.  There is nothing hard about any kind of electronic device. If you can do it, so can I.  Sure. I will email you. But I do not consider the texting ignorant use of short hand letters, conversation. It is not language, it is what we used to do in the "old" days called Pig Latin. Nothing new. I am not a fan of cell phones to begin with. They have wonderful uses rarely, but most of the time, they are merely a tolerable nuisance device. I do not care to keep something in my hand constantly. I don't have pockets as men do. In a handbag, it can't be heard. Mercifully. If someone wants to speak, with me, they will talk with me later.  And make it snappy and of use. I am not going to go shopping or walking down the street blabbing into air saying nothing practical. I do not want my friends with me every second of  my day, and I certainly do not care to be looking at videos and pictures of a family other than my own. I am sure they are lovely but I don't want to be bombarded every minute with what you are doing. I am not going to tell you everything I do, and I don't want to know about you do every minute of your day. I do like cell phones for minor needs such as meeting places and emergencies. That is what they were made for presumably. Kids might have a ton of time to gab on cells, but I don't want to use mine gabbing. For you, fine. Me, no. Texting is uncomfortable for all fingers and mistakes are common, not that most texters care. Also, when I am discussing some sort of business matter, I am not going to send a cell photo of what we are talking about. Get here, speak with me, show me, and then we'll work on it. Online companies assume that everyone in the world is on a cell phone and they can be texted. Nope. Not me. Never. And many people feel just as I do. They have a life.  Email me in people words with periods and commas and capitals and so on. Use your words; don't abbreviate. It is not intelligent even if you, personally, think that anyone who doesn't favour texting to be "old fashioned", "outdated" or "uncool". Who cares? TALK. SPEAK. Language and tone and expression is what makes us human. AI voices are a tone joke. It is like having hacked up hash instead of steak hearing them.  Sometimes when I am online, the auto voice tells me to text this or that to effect what we are trying to achieve. You cannot say "no".  There is no NO on the menu to tell them, hey, I don't text and don't use a cell phone unless I have to. You are not going to get a text and I am not going to receive one.  At home, I don't want to take a chance on dropping my cell into the spaghetti sauce  or the washing or the dog's bowl. Sure, I want to hear the phone ring and tell me who is calling and when I don't run to take the call, I expect my phone to keep the number so that I may call the person back when it is convenient. I have things to do. And I never want to hear someone I am visiting with, hear a ring or a jiggle on their cell phone and say "I have to take this". You take it, and I'm gone.