Thursday, August 7, 2008

Email.Email.Email.

A bit sick of replying them. Feel like that's what I do the whole day, replying emails. Just when I feel like I've cleared my inbox, another 5 new emails pop up.

Of course not all emails are irritating. Ones that inform me about a job offer, for example, is often welcomed. Funny jokes that people send occasionally, albeit a bit dirty, can be interesting. Or the "HIII we haven't talked in ages and I was just thinking of you and decided to drop you a line and see if you wanted to meet up" is fantastic.

BUT. Those emails make up 5%. The other 95%. OH MY GOODNESS. Emails organizing meeting times, changing meeting locations, the one with six different files attached that you have to spend about an hour pondering over, and the ones that just go back and forth deciding where to go, what to do, what to wear, how come fish live in water....

Alright, maybe not. But it is rather tiring having to reply emails all the time. I guess it's better than six million text messages about similar issues. Not that 10 MB of blood degradation related topics could fit in the memory of my humble little Nokia 6120, but who knows.

I should stop whinging. Seriously. Email is a great tool. I actually love it. Usually, if I can't be bothered to call someone, I'll just email them, even if it's just one line, like "Your turn to bring food" - and then feel a bit lighter because have handballed the responsibility to someone else and can totally forget about it. Too bad if they don't check their email often. Saves you from having to go through the "Oh how are you" small talk that you are forced to make over the phone.

The oh-lets-be-oh-so-polite emails, the ones that often end with "kind regards" or "yours sincerely" OHMYOHMY I am sick of them.

In conclusion. Send me an email. Send me an email that I can reply in a simple, one word, "haha", to.

I might love you for life.

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Ok I am not in a nice mood today. Missed various busses and late to various meetings. Not an excuse, just an explanation. Unreliable public transport. SIGHSER.

Next time, I will write a nice post. A heartwarming, loving, awwwwwwwww post.

But for today, anagram of CUFK, to keep this blog open to General Audiences.

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