I have a love-hate relationship with technology. When it makes my life easier? Love it. But when I spend an hour cleaning out my back log of old e-mails (notice the hyphen?) and I'm still not even half way done? Not so much. Of course it's my own damn fault. I'm the one who didn't hit DELETE the moment that piece of junk mail, disguised as something I really need to read one day, infiltrated my in-box. Because that's the thing with e-mail, isn't it? We open it up, give it a quick glance and say, 'I'll read that later.' Well, later rarely comes, does it? And the next thing you know, there's over a thousand of those messages hiding all the stuff you really do need but now can't find.
Back in the day, this was the sort of stuff that took up valuable kitchen counter space. Until the day you couldn't stand the mess of it for one more minute and tossed the lot into the garbage. Except now, instead of getting this junk snail mail every few weeks, it's a daily bombardment. And just try to unsubscribe. Hey, I didn't know I'd subscribed in the first place.
But it's the safeguards that really freak me out. Are you sure you want to unsubscribe? Yes, that's why I hit unsubscribe. You're about to make an irreversible life decision. I'm willing to take my chances. Please, take a moment and think about what you're doing -- the fate of the free world is in your hands. Well, if you put it that way, maybe I better not.
So, here I sit, finger poised over the delete button, going through my e-mails one at a time so that I don't accidentally get rid of something I need. 'Cause you never know, maybe one day I will read 5 Ways to Lose Belly Fat.
On second thought, maybe I should make that today's top priority.
Now I don't even have to ask, cause I know that my emails (notice no hyphen!) to you are read with some priority and aren't relegated to the "later" pile...with the belly fat articles, the sentimental story that you had 15 minutes to forward to 15 friends (6 months ago) so that your deepest wish would come true, and the survey from your favourite restaurant which, when completed, would enter you into a draw for 500 restaurant dollars and was drawn on Valentine's Day...guess you didn't win. ;)
ReplyDeleteOh yeah...personal e-mails are not included in the "later" pile. Unfortunately they are few and far between and junk mail rules. And those chain e-mails? They get a fast dose of the delete button as soon as they come in. And you know, sometimes I start those surveys and then I realize I'll be inundated with even more crap, so they go the same route as the chain mail. 'Cause we all know -- nothing is ever truly for FREE.
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