7 types in the work WhatsApp group

Before corona, it was still an option to misuse WhatsApp purely privately, but that time is forever gone. The messaging app is your lifeline with colleagues, but there is much more to this line. You have types in WhatsApp that we all know. Even among your colleagues.

1. The always-present messager
The one who immediately sees that you are ‘typing’ and would prefer to ask what you wanted to say when no message comes in. This person lives in group chats and never has unread messages.

2. The colleague with bad timing
The one who asks a question on Saturday night at half past seven or wants to know something just as you have just (but really just) closed your laptop. We all have a colleague with a poor sense of timing.

3. The repeater
Those subjects who exactly repeat what someone else says. No need, guys, no need. It has already been said, think of something yourself.

4. The confusing type
Such a colleague who comes back to a message from that morning 28 messages later, causing a conversation to either be back to square one or just get confused. Very awkward.

5. The emoticon abuser
Every message is celebrated with an emoji including a party hat, everything is laughed at with tears, and often the face is also tilted. The colleague who speaks in emoticons, we all have him/her.

6. That one we had forgotten
The colleague who is so consistently silent, not visible, and absent that you forget he/she is in the app. The dangerous thing about this type is that they read everything and later still know.

7. The app refuser
The one you forgot is, by the way, not to be confused with the anti-messenger. This type ensures that your checkmarks never turn blue, because they don't use the app. The anti-messenger has thousands of unread messages, so don't take it personally.

And now you are of course also wondering what app type Mark Rutte is. I certainly am after not making his messages public.