Responding to friends on the net...

[deponti]

A friend of mine recently taxed me with never responding to her. This surprised me, because I consider myself very good at replying to emails. "I haven't received a single email from you!" I said. "I've sent SO many!" she cried

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[prashanthchengi]

Oh, I've had friends telling me that they mail me all the time, when they mean 'forwarded' bulk mail. I, like you, just ignore it. There are a couple of my friends who send me select forwards which I bother to read, but the rest just stay unread in the inbox. As gmail says, why delete anything when you have so much space!

Just one thing: What exactly made you add the tag 'rudeness' to this post? Which aspect exactly referred to rude behavior? People insisting on calling you? Or those insisting on chatting with you beyond your bedtime? Or both?

[deponti]

Which aspect exactly referred to rude behavior? People insisting on calling you? Or those insisting on chatting with you beyond your bedtime? Or both?

Neither....it's because ofpeople thinking it's rude of me not to reply to internet forwards! The people who chat with me at my conk-off time are VERY understanding, you know. Sometimes I extend my chat time with them until I find I am not making any sense at all!

[prashanthchengi]

Personally, I think it's ridiculous that people seem to think that adding a whole bunch of email ids and hitting the forward button on a mail amounts to corresponding/staying in touch. It's double ridiculous, but rather common for such people to expect you to acknowledge their efforts! Then there are those who forward those ridiculous emails which either claim that Microsoft will pay you $12 for each person you forward it to, or that a new virus has been discovered which can format your hard-disk or some such thing

[deponti]

Hmm...I'll not agree totally with you, PC

brb saving the world...

[dakini_bones]

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