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View Poll Results: How Quickly Do You Feel You Should Respond to a Text Message?
Within a couple of minutes--as soon as I possibly can. 8 34.78%
Within an hour--when it's first convenient. 7 30.43%
Within a few hours--sometime that same morning or afternoon. 5 21.74%
Within a day or two--don't feel any reason to hurry. 3 13.04%
Age: 18-28 1 4.35%
Age: 29-45 9 39.13%
Age: 46-Up 6 26.09%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 23. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-18-2015, 09:49 PM
 
Location: Not far from Fairbanks, AK
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I reply to text messages depending on the urgency of the message.
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Old 06-19-2015, 12:19 AM
 
Location: Buckeye, AZ
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I try to as fast as I can but work can be a limiting factor. Also, I won't reply while driving, eating or using the bathroom. Those are dead zones
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Old 06-19-2015, 06:24 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Most people assume that text messages are transmitted instantaneously, (a few seconds at most), but this isn't always the case.

I once timed several text messages I sent to a person standing next to me, and they took 20 minutes to show up.

If you are doing a back-and-forth, it should be a minute or two, or you should note it via text that your next reply will be delayed.
But responding the first time to an incoming text? Whenever it's convenient.
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Old 06-19-2015, 10:46 AM
 
Location: I am right here.
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I try to as fast as I can but work can be a limiting factor. Also, I won't reply while driving, eating or using the bathroom. Those are dead zones
The bathroom is a wonderful spot to check texts, read emails, etc.....
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Old 06-19-2015, 09:59 PM
 
Location: Not far from Fairbanks, AK
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The bathroom is a wonderful spot to check texts, read emails, etc.....
As long as you don't send a sitting on the toilet "selfie" by accident?
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Old 06-20-2015, 07:13 PM
 
Location: I am right here.
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As long as you don't send a sitting on the toilet "selfie" by accident?
If it's of me from the neck up, no problem!!

Actually, I've taken 2 "selfies" in my whole life. Neither were in the bathroom. I do, however, like to read my email, catch the latest news headlines, and check the weather radar while in the bathroom.
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Old 06-20-2015, 09:00 PM
 
Location: Sydney, Australia
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A quickly as I can.

I'm obsessed.
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Old 06-20-2015, 10:28 PM
 
Location: Buckeye, AZ
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The bathroom is a wonderful spot to check texts, read emails, etc.....
If you can get to it...
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Old 06-23-2015, 03:33 PM
 
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It entirely depends who it is from.

My wife: I better reply quick...
Thanks, that made my day, and lucky you BTW.

I dissuade anyone from texting me. I've received so few (they're usually from people I really don't know), I'm not even sure how to send them properly. If in fact I do receive one, I usually phone them back, it's much quicker.
I barely know where the letters and symbols are on my laptop's keyboard, let alone trying to find and then press the right symbols on my iPhone.

As to how fast I'd reply, I'd use the same pecking order as I do with voicemails.
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Old 06-23-2015, 03:41 PM
 
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If you can get to it...

Now you can, thanks to the new Potty Spotty® app.

It scans all the participating restrooms in your area (make sure you have the share location feature enabled on your phone first, though) and then shows all the addresses of unoccupied stalls closest to you.

I hear the update is even going to allow one to place a stall reservation good for an hour after payment is received, and also include those establishments that offer high speed WiFi, if necessary...
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