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what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: mrbigstuff
Date: March 25, 2015 10:40AM
this came up recently when I put an ad on CL and immediately got some dude virtually screaming that he needed to get in touch with me, NOW! I put the messages (like 9 of them) in spam, so he then used another address and then wrote his tale of woe of how I did not get in touch with him at the other address and sounded as if he was going to off himself because of it.

but this is not really about him, per se. I know people (some are friends) who will send an email and then want me to respond NOW and if I don't (and I usually do not), they will call me the next day, saying how they are sad that they can't get in touch with me. two of these people must have a minimum phone conversation of 30m, consisting mostly of them talking. I can not stand talking on the phone for that long, so I call them infrequently. and, yet, they are good friends, and good people. but wth is up with the neediness?
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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: Buzz
Date: March 25, 2015 10:43AM
ever been married?
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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: mrbigstuff
Date: March 25, 2015 10:45AM
hamster dance
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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: MEG
Date: March 25, 2015 10:49AM
Disappointed ;)
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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: Ammo
Date: March 25, 2015 10:53AM
Mmmm . . . can I get back to you on that?


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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: Todd's keyboard
Date: March 25, 2015 10:55AM
Solipistic?

But enough about that, let's get back to talking about me...
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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: March 25, 2015 10:58AM
Chihuahuas ?

(Actually they are willing to nap all day when we're not home ...)
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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: bazookaman
Date: March 25, 2015 10:59AM
Whiny diaper babies?


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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: mrbigstuff
Date: March 25, 2015 11:02AM
i am actually seeking the clinical definition....
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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: March 25, 2015 11:04AM
FoMo's.

[en.wikipedia.org]
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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: Octave Doctor
Date: March 25, 2015 11:07AM
Whiney bastidges... A few months ago, a friend found an iPhone on the sidewalk by his house on a Sunday morning, we looked it over and called the owner about picking it up. In the meantime, the phone started getting a bunch of messages from people who were extremely perturbed about being out of contact for a few hours. I told my buddy, "We could really wreck this guy's social life without half trying."
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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: Todd's keyboard
Date: March 25, 2015 11:21AM
Sounds like something close to Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

A more-detailed description can be found here. (scroll down to the last item in Cluster B.

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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: testcase
Date: March 25, 2015 11:34AM
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bazookaman
Whiny diaper babies?


agree smiley


..."what do you call people".......


I generally don't call them.
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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: GuyGene
Date: March 25, 2015 11:36AM
Knuckahaids.


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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: Bill in NC
Date: March 25, 2015 11:55AM
needy?

super-needy?
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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: Paul F.
Date: March 25, 2015 12:18PM
I call them "Blocked Caller".


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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: Black
Date: March 25, 2015 12:18PM
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mrbigstuff
this came up recently when I put an ad on CL and immediately got some dude virtually screaming that he needed to get in touch with me, NOW! I put the messages (like 9 of them) in spam, so he then used another address and then wrote his tale of woe of how I did not get in touch with him at the other address and sounded as if he was going to off himself because of it.
I don't think craigslist is the best place for personals ads anymore.



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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: Black
Date: March 25, 2015 12:21PM
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mrbigstuff
i am actually seeking the clinical definition....
What you're describing may be too broad for one definition, but co-dependency might be in the ballpartk. Also, it's a typical trait of Borderline Personality Disorder that the person needs your attention, postive or negative, to fill their void.



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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/25/2015 12:22PM by Black.
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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: N-OS X-tasy!
Date: March 25, 2015 12:51PM
PITAs.


It is what it is.
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Posted by: N-OS X-tasy!
Date: March 25, 2015 12:52PM
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cbelt3
FoMo's.

[en.wikipedia.org]

Jesus, that sounds pathetic.


It is what it is.
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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: Buck
Date: March 25, 2015 12:58PM
Boss
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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: mrlynn
Date: March 25, 2015 01:12PM
Annoyances.

I can't count how many times my wife has walked in with "I've got a project for you," interrupting whatever it was I was doing. "Now?" I ask. "Well, not necessarily. . ."

Of course she thinks that the time I spend "on the computer" is utterly frivolous. Not that she's entirely wrong, but. . .

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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: decay
Date: March 25, 2015 01:46PM
Wife


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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: sekker
Date: March 25, 2015 04:37PM
High Maintenance.

Seriously, my wife and I would have divorced years ago if we had demanded instant response all the time.
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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: PeterB
Date: March 25, 2015 06:00PM
I see this a lot with the younger crowd. They expect immediate responses, yet don't feel it's necessary for them to respond immediately. I blame the cell phones and texting... they think that texts are instantaneous and don't understand if someone doesn't respond right away.



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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: DRR
Date: March 25, 2015 07:15PM
Clients.
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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: graylocks
Date: March 25, 2015 07:44PM
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PeterB
I see this a lot with the younger crowd. They expect immediate responses, yet don't feel it's necessary for them to respond immediately. I blame the cell phones and texting... they think that texts are instantaneous and don't understand if someone doesn't respond right away.

i totally agree. it's an instant gratification kind of generation. i had a girlfriend once who amazed me in that she didn't immediately jump up and answer the phone when it rang. i was raised that you try to answer by the second ring. it was very liberating to realize one didn't have to. in fact, you could choose not to answer at all. what a concept.

OTOH, if my 21 year old son doesn't answer my text i am fit to be tied and start to assume to something terrible has happened...


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Posted by: Paul F.
Date: March 25, 2015 08:01PM
Here's the funny thing...
SINCE my post in this topic, I got FIVE calls from a guy wanting to know when our range is open this weekend... Since I don't take or return personal calls from work, he just had to wait for a reply.
Apparently, five hours drove him insane.


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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: N-OS X-tasy!
Date: March 25, 2015 08:21PM
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Paul F.
Here's the funny thing...
SINCE my post in this topic, I got FIVE calls from a guy wanting to know when our range is open this weekend... Since I don't take or return personal calls from work, he just had to wait for a reply.
Apparently, five hours drove him insane.

Insane, like we'll be reading about him in tomorrow's news?


It is what it is.
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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: C(-)ris
Date: March 25, 2015 08:43PM
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N-OS X-tasy!
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Paul F.
Here's the funny thing...
SINCE my post in this topic, I got FIVE calls from a guy wanting to know when our range is open this weekend... Since I don't take or return personal calls from work, he just had to wait for a reply.
Apparently, five hours drove him insane.

Insane, like we'll be reading about him in tomorrow's news?


Depends. Try telling him the range is closed all weekend or that he isn't welcome.


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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: RAMd®d
Date: March 25, 2015 09:17PM
I generally don't call them.

LOL



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Posted by: Paul F.
Date: March 25, 2015 09:35PM
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N-OS X-tasy!
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Paul F.
Here's the funny thing...
SINCE my post in this topic, I got FIVE calls from a guy wanting to know when our range is open this weekend... Since I don't take or return personal calls from work, he just had to wait for a reply.
Apparently, five hours drove him insane.

Insane, like we'll be reading about him in tomorrow's news?

Nah.. Not that kind of insane.
And, make it six calls, lol


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A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca c. 5 BC - 65 AD
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Persistence is necessary for Excellence. And Persistence is a Decision.
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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: richorlin
Date: March 25, 2015 10:03PM
A-holes


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Re: what do you call people who require immediate response from you?
Posted by: rexs
Date: March 26, 2015 01:59AM
Disappointed
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