Why aren't people greeted?

[gen11]

This isn't Waffle House, but come on -- is it too much to ask of most of us to greet new arrivals to the chat room, even if the newcomer is nobody's favorite? Are we all such self-absorbed pricks and prickettes we can't even say "Hello" when we see somebody's arrival being ignored?

[jamieknyc]

Well said. I try to welcome new members when I can.

[12voltman59]

gen--when I am in the chat room---I try to welcome as many who come in as I can--of course its not possible to greet everyone and many dont respond if you do say hi. I find that many of us do the same--but then there are those times that the room is full and no one is chatting publicly.

[coyotedude]

Huh. I greet people all the time, unless I'm multitasking and not paying attention. (I don't multitask very well, as others around here can attest. LOL)

I may not say "WB" by the fourth or fifth time someone drops out of chat. But that's because at that point that person has bigger problems with the chat client than whether I say hi or not!

Peace

[Cherokee_Mountaincat]

Now when I am in the chat room, which regretfully isnt all that often anymore, I greet Everybody that comes in and everyone that I know. Some people respond that are new, some dont. I was sitting right here beside Ki when he popped into chat one evening and only a couple of our regulars greeted him. Sometimes folks get deep into a discussion ad cant see or greet Everyone, but its nice to do to the new folks to make them feel welcomed. :}
Cat

[tenni]

The chat room scares the merde out of me..lol I've only ducked in once or twice. As soon as someone said hi...shy that I am sometimes (I know you'd never guess did you)...I scoot out of the chat.

I guess that it is friendly to greet a new person but some of us might like to aclimatize first...as in what is this all about. Perhaps, if you want to be greeted you might want to be the first...to say hi?

[swmnkdinthervr]

The chat room scares the merde out of me..lol I've only ducked in once or twice. As soon as someone said hi...shy that I am sometimes (I know you'd never guess did you)...I scoot out of the chat.

I guess that it is friendly to greet a new person but some of us might like to aclimatize first...as in what is this all about. Perhaps, if you want to be greeted you might want to be the first...to say hi?

Sounds like you need a dime store psychologist! :bigrin:

[Realist]

I'm guilty of not greeting everyone. I usually focus on one person at a time and don't do well in a multifaceted conversation. It gets busy in there, sometimes.

Multitasking is something I'm not good at. I don't think many men are.

My GF can talk on the phone, do her nails, and run a column of figures, at the same time.

Not me........if you wanna say hi, sometime, I'll be sure to say hello.

[**Peg**]

often, when I'm chatting privately, I minimize the main chat room and never even see people come and go... so not only do they not get a welcome, they don't get a 'wb' either ... it's nothing personal.

[12voltman59]

often, when I'm chatting privately, I minimize the main chat room and never even see people come and go... so not only do they not get a welcome, they don't get a 'wb' either ... it's nothing personal.

Ditto

[chook]

I try to welcome as many new people as I can, but on the other side of the coin nine out of ten of the "pricks or prickettes"......(not my term) dont bother to see who is greetting them, so in the long run if I get around to saying hello I do and If I dont I'll try and catch up with them another time.....Its no big deal.

Cheers Chook :bigrin:

[Cats_Kit]

Hello;
\I have yet to go into the chat here, but I am not the fastest reader in the world and sometimes, it is a little over whelming for me. So if I come in to read, please forgive me if I dont just jump up and say hi. I'm not as out-going as a certain feline person is..or my husband Ki. lol
Have a great day.
Kit

[silberwolf1960]

I try to greet as may as I can. Sometime i say hey and boom they're gone
so alot of folks here say hi.
So if someone is butt-hurt, I'm sorry, but don't say that alot of my friends here are "pricks and prickettes".
We are a friendly community here,yes we do have some trolls and ass clowns that want want to be fucking drama queens and make asses out of themselves.
So please don't judge us all.:three::2cents:

[DuckiesDarling]

There are a few people that go out of their way to say hello to everyone, but there are a lot of us that are also in forums while we are in chat. Some minimize chat to do other things online, I'm sure it's nothing personal to anyone, Gen. It's just a fact of life that not everyone that is listed in chat is actually present in chat during a particular period of time.

[Long Duck Dong]

it could have a lot to do with the fact that some people think that * hi * means, send me a unsolicited PM and hit on me sexually

there is also another aspect in that some people go into chat and say nothing..... so nothing is said to them......

but yeah generally its a case of not everybody go into chat with the intention of being chat greetor, they go into chat to chat..... and often are not paying attention to the comings and goings of everybody in chat

[TaylorMade]

This isn't Waffle House, but come on -- is it too much to ask of most of us to greet new arrivals to the chat room, even if the newcomer is nobody's favorite? Are we all such self-absorbed pricks and prickettes we can't even say "Hello" when we see somebody's arrival being ignored?

I, like many others, multitask. :p

Welcome to the internet.

*Taylor*

[berryhard]

wow, who is self absorbed ?? sounds like you.
get real, its a virtual world, you are trying to apply real world "rules" to this chat room.
lighten up and go with the flow....
do you get this bothered when in real life people don't act the way you think they should ?
you need to read the 4 agreements by Ruez.

[Cherokee_Mountaincat]

Gen, have you tried starting up a conversation, or tried joining into the topics? Give it a go sometime. I've been teased about being the official greeter because I would try to greet everyone that came it. While I Am very hyper and can keep up, theres times when I get engrossed in a conversation and cant get to Everyone. Dont feel slighted, just jump in and say "Hi, I'm new here and looking to make some friends" :}
Cat
Who promises to say Hi to Gen if I see ya in chat. :tongue:

[diB4u]

I try to say hi to as many people who come into chat unless im either busy in aprivate or just cant keep up.

[open2both]

Right on!

[IanBorthwick]

Huh. I greet people all the time, unless I'm multitasking and not paying attention. (I don't multitask very well, as others around here can attest. LOL)

I may not say "WB" by the fourth or fifth time someone drops out of chat. But that's because at that point that person has bigger problems with the chat client than whether I say hi or not!

Peace

This^

[onewhocares]

Well I can only speak for myself. When I come into the chat room, I look at the list to my right and say hello to those whom I know. When a new person comes in, I say hello.

I am from Massachusetts, and when a new member comes into our area, I make it a point to say hello to all as the unofficial WELCOME WAGON from Massachusetts. I love to get to know the people whom reply. Everyone needs a friend and mentor for them to get to know the site.

Belle

[bisexual Bill]

It's just an internet chat room. A rather boring and cliquey chat room.

[AidanS57]

I've only visited chat on here once and was greeted by a few in the room that were actively talking when I got in. Like some have said, people can be parked there and doing other things. I might go back into chat sometime but I don't type fast enough to keep up if conversation is heavy so I won't feel left out if only a few are talking to me.

[12voltman59]

To BisexualBill----since you obvously don't like us or this site--why the fuck don't ya just leave???

Why waste your obviously valuable time on us????

[silberwolf1960]

Hey Bill if ya don't like us,then leave. Some of us have known each other a long time. We try to make everyone welcum. So if ya are butt- hurt then ya can take a fucking hike and leave the rest of us,that try to use the manners our parents taught us the fuck alone. If that bothers you then BI.:2cents:

[Cherokee_Mountaincat]

Now Bill, if I recall the last time I was in chat, a few days ago, you were there but your little light thingie was out. Why hang around if you think we were so boring? And since you feel that way then I take it we wont be having the pleasure of your company anymore in there, right? Then if thats the case, you dont have to worry about it being a boring and clickie chat room, now do ya?
Pecks to Silber and Voltie's cheeks.
Cat

[IanBorthwick]

It's just an internet chat room. A rather boring and cliquey chat room.

Boring is based on POV, cliquey is based on bigotry. I do NOT know many people here well AT ALL! Coyote and I were soon laughing it up on one of the very few times I went in there to talk at all. If you feel out of place then try this saying on for size:

The only way to have friends is to BE one

I never forgot that saying, it was one that hung on the wall of my mother's home for ages. If you ARE a friend and cannot make any then you may be fishing in the wrong lake.

[Cherokee_Mountaincat]

So Ian..if I sneaked up b'hind you and goosed you, then blamed it on Yotie it would be ok? lol
Just teasing Hon.
Cat

[diB4u]

To BisexualBill----since you obvously don't like us or this site--why the fuck don't ya just leave???

Why waste your obviously valuable time on us????

Im not one to say much to offend people, but i totally agree with you volty, if someone finds us boring and dull (not his exact words) why bother coming here??? Is this member a troll?

[coyotedude]

So Ian..if I sneaked up b'hind you and goosed you, then blamed it on Yotie it would be ok? lol
Just teasing Hon.
Cat

But what if I want to goose Ian?