Irking Me

It is a sunny, cool, splendid fall Friday here in New York. I have zero reason to have a bone to pick but I am gonna pick it. Why? Because I can and this is my blog. Hmmpph.

Ok. Two things that have been irking me for a LONG time and I thought sharing would a) make me feel better (and yes, it will) and b) maybe shed some light as to our own awareness. Here it goes.

Number one:
Email Forwards. I will be honest. I hate em’. No, I mean HATE THEM. Are some of them great? Funny? Rewarding? Sure. Am I guilty of sending them? Yes. BUT, people…please do me this favor.

CUT & PASTE!

When you send me a forward I don’t want to have to scroll down 3 miles to finally get to the actual message itself AND I don’t want to have to see the 629 names of all those people who have read it before me! I don’t care! Please, open a NEW email, rather than just hitting that ‘forward’ button, COPY AND PASTE JUST THE MESSAGE ITSELF and then put it into a new email….Mmkkaayy?

Number two:
The answering machine message.
I am gonna let you in on a little secret. The shorter the better. If you call me and leave me a message that is 30 minutes long, in which you tell me everything…and I mean, whoa, that was a long-ass message ….basically, you have given me no reason to call you back. You have said all that needs to be said. I say this because I am very guilty (as I know we all are) of being BUSY and when I get a message that rambles on and on…well, I say, “Ok, I get the gist” and hit delete after only the first part of your diatribe. Yes, it is terrible, I know. I should be tarred and feathered. But please, leave a BRIEF message and say, “call me back…I have something to tell you about (fill in the blank).”
Do NOT leave the entire (fill in the blank) on my VM. I love you, but not that much.

Now that I appear a total bitch, remember:
This all comes from a place of love (wink wink).