Unanswered + Unfinished = Rudeness
@bewitchingmelody (366)
Philippines
November 14, 2011 10:00am CST
Is it just me, or don't you find it rude when people ask you questions and then you answer them but when it's time for you to ask them questions, they leave you hanging? Worst is when they started the conversation and then leave you as if nothing happened.
I actually hate it when somebody texts me, asking me for this and that and when I ask a follow up question, they don't reply. Isn't it proper that since they started the conversation, then they should end it well rather than leave things unanswered.
How about you? What do you think? Is it rude for people to leave things unanswered and unfinished even if they started it?
9 responses
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
15 Nov 11
I agree that when a person asks you a question, and when you respond , it is only fair that they acknowledge it.It happens everywhere in life, and here on line too.Most people do not have the decency to follow up what they started in the first place.Of course, there may be valid reasons, but most of the time it is just rude and mannerless behavior on their part - all the best and happy mylotting
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
15 Nov 11
Of course doing that is rudeness.
Even on the phone or in texting, we should know how phonethics should be. We should apologize if it took as too long to answer a text. We should at least say goodbye or good night to connote the closing of the conversation. If we don't know the answer then apologize that you don't know the answer. That's how phonetics is.
@se7enthbird (8307)
• Philippines
14 Nov 11
i really dont text a lot. i only text my wife and a few people. sometimes even my siblings does that to me. they will text then in the middle of the conversation they will just wont text back. if they need something they expect you to text back at once. this is tiring. i can not change people so i would rather feed them a dose of their own medicine. i dont reply specially on things that is important for them. then i will see them knocking on our door har har har.
@keihimekawa (2009)
• Philippines
15 Nov 11
I don't find it rude but I sure find it annoying! Can you get my gist? 
I get irked but I won't consider that person rude. I just wish that they would have the tendency to reply if I ask another question relating to their inquiry. That way they won't leave me hanging if they find my reply useful or enough to answer their question.
I get irked but I won't consider that person rude. I just wish that they would have the tendency to reply if I ask another question relating to their inquiry. That way they won't leave me hanging if they find my reply useful or enough to answer their question.
@chillmaik (67)
• Philippines
15 Nov 11
exactly...its rude..also if you are very excited to talk about something or to share a story..and they didnt pay attention about it its rude and it hurts too... people need to be sensitive to other people..
@microengineer (587)
• Indonesia
14 Nov 11
It is very rude, although I have never experience that in texting. If they start the conversation, they must finish it. And if they often ask us, they should give a time to answer our question. I think that is what we call a friend. When they only ask us, and have no time to reply, that is rude, and reduce my respect to them.
@varier (5685)
• Indonesia
14 Nov 11
I agree with you - that's rude, and really annoying.. 
I just can't understand why they were doing so in the real life.. I can a bit understand if it's happened on myLot - as people like that just want to earn money. But in real life?
Hm, maybe they were just satisfy enough with your answer and weren't willing to extend the question. But rather than leaving, it's far better to at least say "thanks"..
I just can't understand why they were doing so in the real life.. I can a bit understand if it's happened on myLot - as people like that just want to earn money. But in real life?
Hm, maybe they were just satisfy enough with your answer and weren't willing to extend the question. But rather than leaving, it's far better to at least say "thanks".. 
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
14 Nov 11
I find it rude if someone is asking for a question but is not willing to wait for the answer. But I also learned that many people are not interested in the answer at all. They just ask and see it as a way to sound polite or interested.
Since I know this I don't feel that much interested or pushed anymore to answer to anything also. I know mostly (in real life) who is asking and if it needs an answer or just "goodbye" or "hi" or "fine".
I don't invest in people anymore who are not interested in an answer/reply at all why should I?
It saves me a lot of energy.
@dellessimon45 (710)
• United States
14 Nov 11
We just recently had a group test assignment in one ofb my college classes where we were given a certain time limit to complete fifty or so questions. We were not allowed to talk at all, not even amongst group members. The only possible way of communication was to write on a sheet of paper shared by each group. Long story short, this girl in my class asked about 10 questions within our group and then turned her paper in so we could no longer arrive at a true consensus for each answer! And she didn't answer any of the questions we wrote on our group paper! What nerve she had, that was an immensely rude gesture!
