Chain texts and emails
So explain this to me ... Why did I get woken up at 6:40 am today by one of those chain text messages? Not only that, but it was so long that it came through on my phone as three messages, so not only did I get woken up early but then my phone kept beeping at me until such time as it had all come in despite my best efforts in my sleepy state to find the off button. What really intrigues me is that I rarely get chain emails and texts from people who I have regular chats to either in email form or over the phone. I only ever get them from people who I've had little to do with for the better part of a decade other than to get the occasional random mass send out that results when you press the 'send to absolutely everyone in my contacts list even those I can't remember who they are' button. Yet these messages always seek to assure me that I am a most special and treasured friend of theirs. Such a special friend that the only messages I get from them are imperson...