The global menace of forwarders
We’ve all suffered. We’ve probably all done it, to a greater or lesser degree. The jokes range from the lame to the offensive and we ask friends not to send them on and yet they do.
And then there are the virus warnings which have been on rotation since 1995 – “Do not open an email with the subject line YOU’RE STUPID ENOUGH TO FALL FOR THIS ONE as it contains a virus that will KILL YOUR FIRST-BORN and WIPE YOUR PORN COLLECTION” – and, of course, how can I not mention the begging emails – “A little boy with HUGE EXPRESSIVE BLUE EYES is DYING FROM OOGY-BOOGY SYNDROME and is collecting EMAILS. Send him one TODAY so he can go to HEAVEN with a smile on his little cute face!”
And let’s not forget that poor man in Nigeria who wants us to send him money so that he can rescue the princess from the dark tower.
9 comments on “The global menace of forwarders”
September 21st, 2006 at 9:13 am
ROFL
September 21st, 2006 at 12:28 pm
And the pass it on and you will receive good luck, the man of your dreams, and a million pounds , but only if you forward this onto ten friends in ten seconds !
September 21st, 2006 at 12:33 pm
Lordy, yes - I hate those chain mails! x
September 21st, 2006 at 7:49 pm
Don’t we all!:(((
They are so annoying and pointless, still I cannot undersatnd how so many people go for this, and people who have passed the age of twelve long time ago…and who certainly have a lot to do on their hands. But still …
September 21st, 2006 at 8:24 pm
Sometimes if I like the joke/sentiment I’ll copy and paste that bit and pass it on but never the wishes/curse bit … and then when I get something and it shows who it’s been sent to I’ll have a quick scan to see who it’s been to … it’s a tad annoying to get the same thing several times!!
September 21st, 2006 at 9:47 pm
Ah yes, that’s another bone of contention, though - when people email loads of their friends and contacts and don’t put their addresses under ‘bcc’ - thus hiding them from each other - but under just ‘to’ or ‘cc’ instead, meaning the personal email addresses of them all become known to each other, when many won’t be acquainted and most would want their email addresses to remain as private as possible! x
September 21st, 2006 at 9:51 pm
Ruby, I agree. My own view of email is that it’s there for communication as and when necessary. Jokes are for sharing among friends down at the pub, or in a cafe, or wherever - but somewhere sociable. And email isn’t sociable. A blog is far more sociable than email, in that it reaches a community of people who can choose to participate or not. You’ve no choice what drops in your inbox! x
September 21st, 2006 at 10:39 pm
Peopel who cannot/will not BCC on lists are the bane of my life at the moment - strangely enough on one of the more sensitive lists that I am on - they seem incapable of using a BCC.
September 22nd, 2006 at 12:42 pm
Nicola, I chuckled at your last comment. Clearly, we share the same beef at this particular table! Like home perms, computers are readily available irrespective of people’s ability to use them safely, or wisely. I sometimes wonder if people shouldn’t be let loose with certain things without some training first!
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