Bill

I would like to know how long must one wait for an e-mail response or for a text mail to be answered. Is it optional to answer or not?

(unsigned) M

Dear M,
I suppose what’s good for the voice mail is good for the email. How long would you wait for a voice mail to be returned? Is the message business of social? The old rule of expecting a return on a telephone message or voice mail is that you should give busy people a day to return a call. Let’s say the same is true for email and text messages. Although, I d fear that the sheer number of emails and texts that people receive also makes them more careless in returning those that are not in-the-moment important. And as you know once the message is marked read and falls down the page, we tend to forget about them. If you haven’t heard back in two days and you need an answer, try again. Or better yet, just call them.
Cordially,
SP

Dear Jill,
You are a woman after my own heart. Reminds me of undergraduate days when the first question I would ask was, “Where’s my car?”
SP