I will not!
Monday, April 15, 2002 by treetog | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I try to be the nost kind with people that e-mail me, but sometimes I feel bad wit some requests I recieve.
Some people must to forgot the magic words like "hi", "please", "thank you", etc...
They just ask all they want and they are done.
From now on, I will not reply to em-mails from people that forget that....I think that this is the minimum of someone that needs some help. =/
Some people must to forgot the magic words like "hi", "please", "thank you", etc...
They just ask all they want and they are done.
From now on, I will not reply to em-mails from people that forget that....I think that this is the minimum of someone that needs some help. =/
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DavidK
Reply #2 Monday, April 15, 2002 5:34 PM
Reply #2 Monday, April 15, 2002 5:34 PM
I know how you feel Renato, and I agree. Not replying is appropriate for the demanding tone a lot of emails have. Communication skills are a pretty basic part of social interaction. A complete lack of common courtesy and manners in a personal email requesting help from another person doesn't warrant a response at all.
Jafo
Reply #3 Monday, April 15, 2002 5:38 PM
Reply #3 Monday, April 15, 2002 5:38 PM
You're not wrong, Renato....it can be a pain at best, and an insult at worst...
paxx
Reply #4 Monday, April 15, 2002 11:24 PM
Reply #4 Monday, April 15, 2002 11:24 PM
I've had a couple of "to the point" requests, and always my answer was also quite straght to the point:
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no.
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I usually receive a truck full of insults after that, which I then choose to ignore and add the sender to my "Junk Mail Senders list".
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no.
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I usually receive a truck full of insults after that, which I then choose to ignore and add the sender to my "Junk Mail Senders list".
grayhaze
Reply #5 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 6:36 AM
Reply #5 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 6:36 AM
I still get a 'You should do your skin for StylesXP cos Windows Blinds is crap' e-mail about once or twice a day. You can imagine my response to those... 
Jafo
Reply #6 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:44 AM
Reply #6 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:44 AM
[Response from grayhaze].....
"Get it right, you twirp....it's 'WindowBlinds'"...
Or is it 'twerp'?....
"Get it right, you twirp....it's 'WindowBlinds'"...
Or is it 'twerp'?....
migellito
Reply #7 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 10:17 AM
Reply #7 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 10:17 AM
twerp.. most definitely :]
grayhaze :: wow.. that's nuts. it's hard to believe somebody would get so worked up about it to actually send you something like that. twisted
grayhaze :: wow.. that's nuts. it's hard to believe somebody would get so worked up about it to actually send you something like that. twisted
Snowman
Reply #8 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 7:04 PM
Reply #8 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 7:04 PM
Politeness is sometimes indeed a "town in Russia" (damn hard to find or unknown)
But just the other day some guy kept "banging" the LOS IRC channel to get in touch with me. ((ever heard of email Will?!) ) Finally he get hang of me and asked me with quite alot of "pleases" (not too many though), if I could do a smaller resolution of one of my HvD themes.
But anyways.... who can turn down a polite request like that?!
So all hail to the polite requesters!
But just the other day some guy kept "banging" the LOS IRC channel to get in touch with me. ((ever heard of email Will?!)
) Finally he get hang of me and asked me with quite alot of "pleases" (not too many though), if I could do a smaller resolution of one of my HvD themes.But anyways.... who can turn down a polite request like that?!
So all hail to the polite requesters!
jcg
Reply #9 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 7:57 PM
Reply #9 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 7:57 PM
Fortunately, I've been lucky up to now, everyone has been very polite when asking for help. But I probably just jinxed that for myself. I would agree with treetog, rudeness deserves nothing but rudeness.
Hell Dragon
Reply #10 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:31 PM
Reply #10 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:31 PM
I've had several interesting emails from various 'kids' asking for one thing or another...
I even had this email from a Counter-Strike Clan member who said I had to " Make him a new CS logo for his clan within 12 hours or he would stop visiting my site daily ".
Where the hell do these people come from?
I even had this email from a Counter-Strike Clan member who said I had to " Make him a new CS logo for his clan within 12 hours or he would stop visiting my site daily ".
Where the hell do these people come from?
Jafo
Reply #11 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:33 PM
Reply #11 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:33 PM
To jcg....
Gimme..gimme...gimme...and I want it NOW!!!!!!!!!!!...
Gimme..gimme...gimme...and I want it NOW!!!!!!!!!!!...
Transmutate
Reply #14 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 9:38 PM
Reply #14 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 9:38 PM
I've only had a few requests/questions. I must say that from the few I've recieved all of them have been very polite.....lucky me I guess
I can totally agree with treetog not answering emails that are rude, or lack manners. It should be common sense to use manners when asking for a 'favour' from somebody, whether it's you best friend or a complete stranger.
I can totally agree with treetog not answering emails that are rude, or lack manners. It should be common sense to use manners when asking for a 'favour' from somebody, whether it's you best friend or a complete stranger.
Doreen
Reply #15 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:22 PM
Reply #15 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:22 PM
that's strange???
I get nothing but Love in my mail box...
I get nothing but Love in my mail box...
Alexandrie
Reply #19 Wednesday, April 17, 2002 2:41 AM
Reply #19 Wednesday, April 17, 2002 2:41 AM
I have same problem, tons of email saying I want this and that but no please on major of them. It's already hard to reply to so many emails everyday, you should not answer to those kind.
craeonics
Reply #20 Wednesday, April 17, 2002 11:50 AM
Reply #20 Wednesday, April 17, 2002 11:50 AM
Let me introduce ya'll with Mr [Del]. Give him a rub from time to time and your life will be so much more pleasant.
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Reply #1 Monday, April 15, 2002 4:53 PM