Comments on: Email: An Octopus Taking Over People’s Lives (Or, Why That Person Never Emailed You Back) http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/11/13/email-an-octopus-taking-over-people%e2%80%99s-lives-or-why-that-person-never-emailed-you-back/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sedonaman http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/11/13/email-an-octopus-taking-over-people%e2%80%99s-lives-or-why-that-person-never-emailed-you-back/comment-page-1/#comment-37485 sedonaman Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:48:32 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/email-an-octopus-taking-over-people%e2%80%99s-lives-or-why-that-person-never-emailed-you-back/#comment-37485 Although I'm a SOP, I do get a lot of e-mails every day; most of them are e-mails from friends and forwarded from other senders. The most exasperating are the ones with subject lines that begin: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw:, etc, forwarded by people with AOL, and I know that to get to the actual e-mail I will have to open a different one for each Fw:. It's like nesting a letter in a new envelope each time it is forwarded. Unless they are trying to torture us non-AOL users, why AOL does this is a mystery. I now have a policy of deleting any e-mail that has more than one Fw:. Although I’m a SOP, I do get a lot of e-mails every day; most of them are e-mails from friends and forwarded from other senders. The most exasperating are the ones with subject lines that begin: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw:, etc, forwarded by people with AOL, and I know that to get to the actual e-mail I will have to open a different one for each Fw:. It’s like nesting a letter in a new envelope each time it is forwarded. Unless they are trying to torture us non-AOL users, why AOL does this is a mystery.
I now have a policy of deleting any e-mail that has more than one Fw:.

]]> By: Ron S. http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/11/13/email-an-octopus-taking-over-people%e2%80%99s-lives-or-why-that-person-never-emailed-you-back/comment-page-1/#comment-32250 Ron S. Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:08:49 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/email-an-octopus-taking-over-people%e2%80%99s-lives-or-why-that-person-never-emailed-you-back/#comment-32250 Personally, I don't see this as a SOP vs. SAP problem. This is a personality problem. I know enough SAPs that complain when they send an email and it isn't answered immediately, even though they should know better. The people that complain about their emails not being returned, whether they are SOPs or SAPs, promptly (from my limited experience) are self-centered to start with. They feel offended if you don't drop whatever you're doing and help THEM. As a SOP myself, if I send a query to someone, I hope for an answer eventually, realizing that my question probably isn't the most important thing in the other person's life. The only exception I make to this is if I'm a customer or prospective customer inquiring about a product or service. Then, I expect prompt response. Not immediate, mind you, but prompt. Reading this article, however, I find myself lumped into "Whereas SOPs do not comprehend this new phenomenon...". I beg your pardon? I agree that there is a problem with people deluged with email and those who are unreasonable about response times, but I don't agree that it's a SOP and SAP problem. Personally, I don’t see this as a SOP vs. SAP problem. This is a personality problem. I know enough SAPs that complain when they send an email and it isn’t answered immediately, even though they should know better.

The people that complain about their emails not being returned, whether they are SOPs or SAPs, promptly (from my limited experience) are self-centered to start with. They feel offended if you don’t drop whatever you’re doing and help THEM.

As a SOP myself, if I send a query to someone, I hope for an answer eventually, realizing that my question probably isn’t the most important thing in the other person’s life. The only exception I make to this is if I’m a customer or prospective customer inquiring about a product or service. Then, I expect prompt response. Not immediate, mind you, but prompt.

Reading this article, however, I find myself lumped into “Whereas SOPs do not comprehend this new phenomenon…”. I beg your pardon?

I agree that there is a problem with people deluged with email and those who are unreasonable about response times, but I don’t agree that it’s a SOP and SAP problem.

]]> By: Rachel Alexander http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/11/13/email-an-octopus-taking-over-people%e2%80%99s-lives-or-why-that-person-never-emailed-you-back/comment-page-1/#comment-32246 Rachel Alexander Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:33:26 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/email-an-octopus-taking-over-people%e2%80%99s-lives-or-why-that-person-never-emailed-you-back/#comment-32246 Probably depends on the person and their circumstances - if they work a lot, have family, etc. Maybe 100+ non-spam non-work related emails? Probably depends on the person and their circumstances – if they work a lot, have family, etc. Maybe 100+ non-spam non-work related emails?

]]> By: Ron S. http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/11/13/email-an-octopus-taking-over-people%e2%80%99s-lives-or-why-that-person-never-emailed-you-back/comment-page-1/#comment-32198 Ron S. Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:56:08 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/email-an-octopus-taking-over-people%e2%80%99s-lives-or-why-that-person-never-emailed-you-back/#comment-32198 How many emails (on a daily basis) constitutes "email saturation"? Don't kill me, it's an honest question. How many emails (on a daily basis) constitutes “email saturation”? Don’t kill me, it’s an honest question.

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