It's the first non-sms communication method that I see used everywhere around me, and all the time, and for everything. Sure, email existed and even my grandmo

It's the first non-sms communication method that I see used everywhere around me, and all the time, and for everything. Sure, email existed and even my grandmother started using it years ago. But email wasn't as ubiquitous to daily life. Over here, WhatsApp is used by teachers to communicate with students, my driving instructor to set up appointments and let me know he's at the door, my parents to share random bits of their life in the family group, my friends to just meet up and have an ongoing pointless conversation, my colleagues to figure out who's in the office and when, people my various 'associations' to discuss when to meet and what to do, clients who want to know if I'm available, and so on. The amazing thing is not WhatsApp as an app or what it's used for. It's the fact that everybody does it.