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re: 3rd time in a row we've invited friends over for dinner only to have them cancel
Posted on 12/5/15 at 3:43 pm to TeLeFaWx
Posted on 12/5/15 at 3:43 pm to TeLeFaWx
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People like to flake these days. It is annoying. I do think it might be a millenial thing as well.
It has to do with texting. Texting and cell phones have allowed us to be in constant communication. Thus, if someone makes plans, they physically can cancel at the last moment, when in the past that was not an option. It allows people to be flaky.
In the 80's, when you told a group of friends you would meet them at the mall at 6:00, if you weren't there, they had no means of knowing why. Now, you can send a text at 5:59 explaining that you won't be there.
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Posted on 12/5/15 at 7:50 pm to kingbob
Don't agree with this.
Some people just aren't reliable and flake on you.
Get better friends
Some people just aren't reliable and flake on you.
Get better friends
Posted on 12/6/15 at 10:54 am to kingbob
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It has to do with texting.
Texting should be banned. It's only used by people who are too cowardly to call you or speak to you in person. It's the perfect tool for pansies to drop out of an event at the last second with.
Posted on 12/6/15 at 1:50 pm to kingbob
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In the 80's, when you told a group of friends you would meet them at the mall at 6:00, if you weren't there, they had no means of knowing why. Now, you can send a text at 5:59 explaining that you won't be there.
Probably this
The other option is the decline of manners in the South since the 1980's. Before then you made plans and kept them. The under 30 crowd is constantly better dealing their options so if something better comes along at the last second they flake.
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