biggest drawback to using email? Don't you just hate typing a long thought and hit send to have it wiped out? Or when people misinterpret what you were saying? Perhaps the way people tend to be a bit more rude via email?
Email does lack the proper inflections at times.
What are your peeves and drawbacks about using email?
2007-12-20 22:53:28 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
I LOVE eMails.... They're instant, free, and as personal or as removed as you would want. I can send to one or a whole group at once. Convenient. I use emoticons a lot although thru YA, there are none.
What I don't like:
Spam.... My boobs are big enough, thank you, and for anything else, I can go to the store for prescriptions, watches or lottery tickets. I don't need all your money from Nigeria, either.
Bounces:..... If you're going to change your eMail, tell me so I don't get bounces. If you don't want me to eMail you anymore, tell me that too and I'll remove you from my address book.
FWd: fwd: Fwd: and all the addresses I have to weed through to get to the message. I always remove other people's addresses before I FWD: anything.. AND I remove the "FWD:" from the subject line. This is the way SPAMMERS get random eMail addresses. If you FWD something from me, PLEASE remove my eMail addy first.
People who don't respond to me, especially when I ask a question.
;+) <-------- Happy face
2007-12-21 05:49:00 · answer #1 · answered by Dan Bueno 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Umm... I honestly don't see what the problem is. From your question I was expecting a full blown out argument but I can't find any problem with these emails, just two exs talking and catching up with each other. If you don't want your ex to talk to you, you definitely should make that a lot more clear than this because I did not get a hint at all that either person in this conversation did not want to talk to the other person or was bothering them. What makes a conversation inappropriate or appropriate is not who is having it or what is said but rather how the people involved in the conversation feel about it and what they have done to correct any negative feelings. In this conversation there's no indication of ill feeling, much less any attempt to correct any problems with ill feeling. There's absolutely no problem to address. If you do have a problem with this, it's a good time to sit down and consider what your problem is and what you're going to do to resolve it. It's definitely not anything "wrong" with the conversation itself but perhaps something in the conversation is triggering old memories of mistreatment and you have yet to put your finger on what it is that is triggering you. That's ok and completely normal, just remember while you're trying to figure it out that it's not going to be something someone else can tell you. We're not going to be able to see what your problem is because it's internal and not external. I highly recommend reading up on healthy communication skills and setting boundaries. This will really help in accomplishing your goal in a manner that is healthy and balanced for all involved. Best wishes! P.S. Aha, I just realized you must be her boyfriend or something. Rest assured there's nothing suspicious about these communications. When people get divorced it's not like they necessarily stop caring about each other forever, they may have just found that they do not work together as marriage partners.
2016-05-25 07:05:27 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, you are right on the money on your comments. It REALLY ticks me off when I am writing a long email and suddenly the computer "crashes" and eats it! Frustrating as heck. For some reason, it seems the longer and more detailed the email, the more likely it will disappear into cyberspace. Frankly, sometimes don't feel like rewriting it and just call, AT&T must LOVE me. Since there is no voice intonations, what you say lightly may be interpretted as inhospitable, usually NOT your intentetion
I do enjoy email however, the ease of getting a letter to someone, the speed of it and no stamps and trips to the post office which can be a pain in the butt..
2007-12-21 05:22:28 · answer #3 · answered by slk29406 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, I don't often have the experience of having what I typed wiped out. Sometimes people do misinterpret what I say, but then that happens somewhat less with email than it does with telephone conversation. And I don't agree that people are more rude with email than with telephone. In fact, some people just do not listen nearly as well as they talk. They let you say one sentence, and then butt in and start something else. And email has emoticons, which can be even more effective than voice inflection.
I have only two complaints: sometimes my keys stick, and there aren't enough emoticons on my email program (Yahoo) compared to my blog program (also Yahoo). I have never figured out why, but the little ROFLMAO guy is not in the email program.
2007-12-20 23:02:05 · answer #4 · answered by auntb93 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not certain what you meant by 'hit send to have it wiped out'...never have had that happen.
Misinterpretation can happen...we tend to try to
talk' in email as we speak in person, but we forget that what is missing is the body language, tone inflection, expression...so I have learned to soften the written word...use emoticons and explain more in depth...which is why I do not like texting and IM -not enough time to 'take care' in what I say and how I say it.
2007-12-21 00:17:34 · answer #5 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I don't have any problems with emails and getting the point across. I do have a problem with getting hate mail and mistaken identity in sending the hate mail out. If people can't say something nice they should say nothing at all. And some should not get involved in other peoples business. She knows who she is.
2007-12-21 01:24:26 · answer #6 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I love email - its my favourite form of communicating ! I know that sometimes, you can be mis-interpreted by the reader, but a little "emoticon" can usually clarify if you are joking, or whatever. I don't know how I ever lived without it. I'm never rude when using it, and my contacts aren't, either, so that's not a problem I LOVE IT !!
2007-12-21 05:50:28 · answer #7 · answered by Stella 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My biggest peeve would have to be that what is perceived may not be what I meant by what I typed. The email has supposedly replaced the telephone but it has only added confusion to the situation.
2007-12-20 22:57:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Email makes my day as I hate talking on the phone. When I am on the phone I sound like a goob or President Bush and think I am a monkey!
2007-12-21 01:52:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
My biggest pet peeves are spam, which can be filtered, and chain-forwarded-email letters. The chain e-mails are often overly dramatic or crude; often inaccurate, and a waste of my time.
2007-12-21 00:31:16 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋