AMY E MARTIN // Thesis

So I had my friend write an email for me last night, in response to a Craigslist ad because I was interested in purchasing some area rugs. I am very close to caving right now because I am worried that there is some kind of time-sensitive communique that will screw up something large if I do not respond to it. Maybe someone is stealing my identity? Maybe I won a million dollars and I have to respond within 5 business days or I'll forfeit the winnings? Maybe a professor is trying to get some information from me by next week?

This kind of feeling is incredibly uncomfortable. I may either give my account information to a trusted friend and have them look for anything important or I may just go in myself for a few moments to make sure there's nothing dire. Or not. At any rate, although I knew this before hand, I now have a visceral understanding of why telling people to use email less is never going to work (that is pretty much the point of the Tyranny of Email. It is a solid read full of good quotes but the solutions to email overload that the author are difficult to enact.)

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COMMENTS // 1 Comments

Emily Gibson said...
are you using auto-reply in case something urgent comes in so they know to call or text you? i don't think that having an auto-reply turned on is cheating. and it might slightly decrease your feelings of panic and dread... maybe just a tiny bit. :)
December 5, 2009 1:26 PM