There's 4 MAJOR pet peeves I have about getting FWDs and other emails in which I'm included in the list of recipients.
1. Having to scroll through about 4 or 5 screens of other people's email addresses to get to the ACTUAL content
How difficult is it to highlight and delete the preceding headers and emails before sending it off to others? If you can't be bothered to do that, don't send me anything, because the more shit I have to scroll through, the less likely I am to want to read it. Odds are pretty good that, if it's something that's been forwarded to DEATH, I've already seen it.
2. Seeing my email listed in full view of all other recipients
If you have my email address, it's because I WANT you to have it. It's not something I like having freely distributed. Whenever I FWD something to someone, I place all recipients' email addresses in the BCC column; this protects their anonymity and email privacy. I don't know how many emails I've received from people I don't know, simply because they've hit 'REPLY ALL' when deciding to reply to the original sender.
3. Emails with outrageous claims about (insert business, celebrity, president, etc.) that aren't double-checked through Snopes.com first
You know what I'm talking about. Obama has been the subject of many of these hysterically ignorant, overly-excitable emails. The topics in these emails are usually the kind of drivel that gets forwarded most by conservative republicans or anyone else who thinks their country is in some sort of peril from 'liberals, commies and atheists'. When I get one of these emails, I'm forced to lose a little bit of respect for the person who forwarded it to me. I'm sorry, but if your fact-checking skills are non-existent, and you take email forwards on their word, you really need to read a book or 20.
4. "If you forward this to (insert how many people) in the next (insert how many minutes) you'll (insert superstitious benefit here)"
C'mon, people......we're not in 3rd grade. You KNOW you're wasting my time, right?
4. "If you forward this to (insert how many people) in the next (insert how many minutes) you'll (insert superstitious benefit here)"
C'mon, people......we're not in 3rd grade. You KNOW you're wasting my time, right?
I realize people are lazy. Is it too much to ask to have the same courtesy extended to me that I extend when having the privilege of emailing them?
