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[listersgirl]

I was a little amused to see that at my nutritionist's office they use some form of IM (MSN Messenger?) to talk between the offices and reception, rather than the phone. It confused me for a moment, though, when the receptionist said, "I'll let ______ know that you're here", and then nothing seemed to happen.

I wonder, though, do they ever find themselves slipping into netspeak? Is there a supreme over-abundance of smileys? Do any of them use it for personal conversations, too, and accidentally send the wrong message? I don't know if that would work for me - I'm not sure I could actually have an IM conversation that didn't involve liberal uses of the words 'dude', 'seriously', 'heh', and 'meep'.

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Well...

[gmajor.livejournal.com]

It does have the benefit of being somewhat less disruptive than a phone ringing, but...

Re: Well...

[listersgirl]

I quite liked it, actually - it made the whole process seem very seamless. And then while I was in my appointment the nutritionist was able to send a message out to the receptionist without having to wait on the phone.

Re: Well...

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

Oo, plus, to those people still out there (and they are still out there) who are totally computer/IM unsavvy, it must seem like they're sending the message telepathically! Which would be good for Waiting-Room Crowd Control By Fear.