When Random Texts Make For Good Blog Fodder - Workology

When Random Texts Make For Good Blog Fodder When Random Texts Make For Good Blog Fodder This weekend I watched my 13 year old niece (not pictured above) send about 75 text messages during an entire soccer game like it was going out of style.  I like to think that Im pretty savvy with technology,  particularly  text messaging when I talk about mobile recruiting, mobile HR, and mobile jobs.  In the course of a month, I send and receive 1,500-2,000 text messages.  Many of these are with my husband as he provides me travel updates or my friends as we multi message through channels including text, Facebook, email, and even Twitter.  Personally, I prefer text to voicemail.  Im more likely to read and respond over any form of electronic communication. But apparently, Im not as savvy as I thought.  My niece sends twice as many (or more) text messages as I do.  Pew Research tells us that 83% of American adults own a cell phone with 73% of them text  messaging.   So as mobile communication increases in popularity, its not surprising that accidental or even prank texts happen. When Random Texts Make For Good Blog Fodder Its not the first time I received an accidental text, and youll see in a minute that it likely wont be the last.  I get quite a few prank and random text messages.  I dont know why.  I guess Im just special.  My first accidental text happened just after the Oklahoma State Fair in 2009.  Some random high school guy thought he was messaging a girl he met there.  Except he wasnt.  He was messaging me a thirty something married mom instead. So last week when I got another random text message I decided to have a little fun. Check out the screen shots from the conversation that happened below: The text messages you see are screen shots that happened over the course of 36 hours.  These were so good I frankly, didnt believe it. But believe me it gets better.   Sometimes the stuff that happens to me in my life is so good I couldnt make this shit up.  This is one of those times.  Its blog fodder heaven. Now, I contemplated submitting the series of text messages  you see here on sites like Wrong Number Texts or Damn Funny Texts  instead of my own, and maybe I will, but Ill leave that up to you and until a later date.  I know many of you reading this are balking at the bright read circle telling me that I have 42 unopened messages at the bottom of the screenshot.  Dont.  These are from my Google Voice Number.  Transcripts of voicemail messages are sent to me via text message and email.  Missed calls to my Google Voice Number show up as missed calls just like yours. Our texting conversation continued for a couple more screen shots where the girl asked about my blog.  The conversation sort of ends there until it seems the brother got ahold of her phone again, and frankly, I got bored. Whats the funniest and/or most random text message you ever received?   Please leave a comment below and share.  I seem to be a magnet for these random messages because just today I got the oddest canned email from a job seeker which I plan to share at a later date.  Looking forward to your stories, responses, and dialogue below . . . Dont you worry.  Im sending a text to that number as soon as this blog post goes live . . .