On the slight chance that you're a new user on Yahoo! Messenger, and not just an idiot or a spammer, I'll tell you that it's considered rude to IM people you don't know without first introducing yourself.  It's even ruder to '<ding>' them.  And it's especially impolite to do this before you've filled out your own profile.

I know a  lot of the females in YahooLand get hit on by clueless guys a lot, but guys don't get hit on by clueless women very often.  If anybody has any explanation for this, I'm interested in hearing it.  Even though I've blanked out the name, it's a very American name, and the profile was completely blank except for "female", and it did show that it was created on January 12, 2006, less than two weeks ago.  I checked for a simple URL version of a 360 page, and there wasn't one.  I detest the "ASL" question - especially since that information is on my profile.  I also dislike the overuse of acronyms in general.  Is it really so much harder to type 'please" instead of "pls"?   "You" instead of "U"?  Notice also how long her replies took.  I'd be willing to give somebody a break if they told me that they weren't a native English speaker, had a limited IQ, were blind and reading the screen through some speech processor, were typing with their toes due to a missing arm, or something.  But I sure couldn't figure this one out.

<her> (6:52:30 PM): hi

<her> (6:52:51 PM): asl

<ME> (6:52:55 PM): I don't know you, do I?

<her> (6:53:25 PM): ok

<her> (6:53:36 PM): <her>

<her> (6:53:39 PM): u?

<ME> (6:54:49 PM): You contacted me.  You don't know my screen name?  How'd you find it?

<her> (6:55:53 PM): well from yahoo 360

<ME> (6:56:33 PM): You don't have a 360 page.

<her> (6:57:27 PM): am new there

<her> (6:57:39 PM): i will do that later

<her> (6:57:42 PM): ok

<ME> (6:58:31 PM): So where did you run across my name?

<her> (7:00:22 PM): i told u 360

<ME> (7:01:08 PM): Big place. That's as specific as you can be, huh?  A group - which one?  Friend of a friend - who?

<her> (7:02:02 PM): i said it that am new to it

<her> (7:02:28 PM): i justsign up with them

<ME> (7:05:49 PM): What you should do is go to http://edit.profiles.yahoo.com/config/edit_identity and edit your profile.  Fill in some information about yourself.  Then go to http://360.yahoo.com/my_profile.html and do the same.

<her> (7:07:22 PM): ok

<her> (7:07:27 PM): i will

<her> (7:07:32 PM): asl

<her> (7:07:34 PM): pls

<ME> (7:07:45 PM): I've gotta get going.  I'm still at work.

<her> (7:08:00 PM): ok

<her> (7:08:06 PM): ur name

<ME> (7:08:41 PM): Have a good evening.

<ME> (7:08:44 PM): Bye

<her> (7:09:23 PM): ok

<her> (7:09:31 PM): add me ok

<her> (7:09:36 PM): lol

<her> (7:10:10 PM): ok

<her> (7:10:34 PM): i will like to get to know u better

<her> (7:10:36 PM): okay

<ME> (7:10:52 PM): Then fill out your profile.  It's easy.

<her> (7:12:30 PM): i will

<her> (7:12:34 PM): asl pls

<ME> (7:12:51 PM): Look, I'm at work.  I can't talk now.

<ME> (7:13:00 PM): Please quit IMing me.

<her> (7:13:57 PM): when come back home you get that okay

<her> (7:14:10 PM): what is ur name

<ME> (7:14:30 PM): How old are you?

<ME> (7:14:37 PM): Is English your first language?

<her> (7:15:33 PM): 25

<her> (7:15:35 PM): u?

<ME> (7:17:05 PM): I'm trying to figure out why you can't understand "Please quit IMing me".  You should be old enough to understand.  Maybe you don't know English.  You don't type or spell very well.  What's the problem?  I'm getting annoyed and about to put you on ignore.

<her> (7:18:14 PM): if u care

<her> (7:18:23 PM): what did u mean

<ME> (7:18:48 PM): What language do you speak?  What country do you live in?  Why don't you understand me?

<her> (7:19:05 PM): well

<her> (7:19:34 PM): i dont really understand u ok

<ME> (7:19:55 PM): Okay.  I don't see a point in us talking if you don't know English.  Goodbye.

<her> (7:20:29 PM): why are u saying all this

<her> (7:20:37 PM): where are u from

Pick Cingular, Verizon, or T-Mobile...

What does Yahoo have against Sprint?