Okay, then, that’s just weird. To me there’s obviously not enough information in a text message to tell sarcasm that way. Even a voice message wouldn’t be enough for someone who didn’t know Mark, like the restaurant manager.
I can’t really imagine myself in this scenario any more. My takeaway is that some people are dumb about text messages (or were in 1994 before the smiley).
Okay, then, that’s just weird. To me there’s obviously not enough information in a text message to tell sarcasm that way. Even a voice message wouldn’t be enough for someone who didn’t know Mark, like the restaurant manager.
I can’t really imagine myself in this scenario any more. My takeaway is that some people are dumb about text messages (or were in 1994 before the smiley).