Texting sucks!

[Metoo4]

I guess I'm a bit lucky. SO never looks at my phone and but in any event, I always keep it in my pocket. If it dings with a text message and if she's nearby she may ask what was that. I'll look at the phone and if it's safe I'll tell her, and on the off chance it's an SP responding to my text I'll just say something like "it's Bob talking about last night's hockey game" or whatever - works every time.

Having sad all that, the SP who texted the OP should be outed so guys can avoid contacting her in order to not get in trouble because of her totally unprofessional approach. .

I think there's a way to disable notifications when a specific number calls or text you. At least in Android.
I also use an app called Dingtone. You can get a number almost anywhere in the world, including most large Canadian cities. Many numbers available for Ottawa or Gatineau. When I google my Dingtone number, it still show up as whoever had that number years ago, not to Dingtone.

 

[massman]

I think there's a way to disable notifications when a specific number calls or text you. At least in Android.
I also use an app called Dingtone. You can get a number almost anywhere in the world, including most large Canadian cities. Many numbers available for Ottawa or Gatineau. When I google my Dingtone number, it still show up as whoever had that number years ago, not to Dingtone.

“Hide alerts” on iPhone will prevent notifications/ alerts for texts from a specific number.

 

[Taraparker]

I see this thread that started by an unfortunate incident of a guy that got "burned" is now skidding in communication preferences.

To wrap this up, it's a provider's privilege to choose her channel of communication. It's the client's responsibility to respect that and to act accordingly.

The discussion did get slightly derailed, but at the same time, communication preferences can be tied into discretion. And it’s important to share our input, especially since this guy is new.

Texts can definitely be more convenient; however, emails are far more discreet. I know a lot of you like to use text apps, but those apps cause a lot of trouble for us, so many of us ignore them. I often can’t reply to someone messaging me until the next day. That’s not discreet if it’s through text. Then what? Am I just supposed to ignore them?

Also, I’ve never texted a client without them texting me first to set up a date. However, I’ve had not one, but two wives call my work phone back in the day (haven’t had a work number since 2020) because sometimes clients forget to delete their texts or they aren’t using more discreet methods like email.
In case anyone was wondering, I didn’t answer the wives since I never answer calls, but I did listen to their voicemails. Discretion is everything in this world, and it’s up to both sides to uphold it.