From the "Why do they do that?" department:
Somebody I like and respect (though I didn't realize I was on her mailing list) just sent me an email with a 5-meg+ attachment. I figured it HAD to be important so I didn't just delete it like I normally would.
While it was downloading, I went and made a sandwich, ate a bowl of soup, talked to Sarah about her day and wrote a novel. It (the download) was almost done when I returned.
The email started out, "Please look at these important pictures and forward them to everyone you know." Oh sure, like I need yet another way to **** off the few friends I have left in the world.
I deleted the message and the attachments without wasting another second.
I wish people would realize that some of us dinosaurs still use dial-up and a chain letter is still a chain letter whether it's asking for money or alerting us to a little-known crisis in British Honduras and whether it's sent by U.S. mail or email.
I still like and respect the sender, but I've blocked any future emails from her.
Somebody I like and respect (though I didn't realize I was on her mailing list) just sent me an email with a 5-meg+ attachment. I figured it HAD to be important so I didn't just delete it like I normally would.
While it was downloading, I went and made a sandwich, ate a bowl of soup, talked to Sarah about her day and wrote a novel. It (the download) was almost done when I returned.
The email started out, "Please look at these important pictures and forward them to everyone you know." Oh sure, like I need yet another way to **** off the few friends I have left in the world.
I deleted the message and the attachments without wasting another second.
I wish people would realize that some of us dinosaurs still use dial-up and a chain letter is still a chain letter whether it's asking for money or alerting us to a little-known crisis in British Honduras and whether it's sent by U.S. mail or email.
I still like and respect the sender, but I've blocked any future emails from her.