Obsession, addiction, paranoia or simply XXI century professional habit?
I am sitting at my desk, doing some tasks that do not require internet or the computer at all. I am in fact labeling some folders I need for some projects this month. (Oh my god, if I took the test Michal suggested yesterday I might qualify as GEEK test yourself click here, but at least a professional geek, this is work related ok. It is not like I label stuff at home or anything like that)
(Teresa: Shut up!)
Anyway, I have been labeling and working with the mini printer for 10 minutes now and while doing it I clicked the SEND/RECEIVE button around 10 times already. It got me. Is this a new obsession we all office-slaves have? How do you know that email has become an obsession?
Some say it is when you are willing to stop whatever you are doing just to see if you got email or that you have just received one. Sometimes while we are watching TV we hear the “email tone” alerting us that one has just arrived and we have to immediately check it. We cannot hold it. It is stronger that us. Ironically if our phone were to ring we would say to ourselves: ‘We are watching TV we will call them back’.
Another way to see if you have email obsession is by counting how many times we hit the “Send/Receive” button on our Outlook. Sometimes we will hit it 10 times and wonder why no one has sent us an email. What is the matter? Not even a spam has sneaked by our SPAM filter??!!. No AIESEC.net community email? Is anyone out there? Did my connection break down? Have our email server crashed? Are all our friends revolting against us? .We should know at this point we are into deep shit: HEO - Heavy Email Obsession.
Me? I have to admit that I have checked my email three more times since I started this posting and I am starting to wonder how come I haven’t gotten any email replies to the email I sent out at 1:00 pm this afternoon. What do we do now?. Is there an anti-email-obsession pill? Is it related to the industry I work for? Or is it we are all crazy and we have not figured it out yet?
By the way: how many times have YOU clicked on your SEND/RECEIVE button lately?
Sorry, I gotta go. Got an email!
posted by iGnacio at
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
6 Comments:
AH! so no comment on this posting... you BUNCH OF ADDICTS!!
EMAILING NERDS! OH I SEE!!... you have not posted any comments because you are too busy clicking the SEND/RECEIVE button, eh?.
GEEKS!
By
Nacho, at February 04, 2005 12:05 AM
looooooooooool
no nacho we were busy with life. u know drinking, getting frunk and hungover and then drinking again!
The circle of life doesnt inclide send or receive.
Assem
PS: i check my email 30 times a day!
By
Memz, at February 04, 2005 3:22 PM
do we have to post a comment on every update?:P
okok i admit, i use lotus notes, so i just press F9 for refresh all the time..and hey u are slow in replying me emails...are u lying now?!
By
Ying, at February 04, 2005 5:59 PM
No. I am not slow replying emails and I am not lying either!
You should not make a comment to every posting, of course not. However it is nice to see how people responds to certain things. IE: this posting about the emails was responded to my email (of course) by many "nomads" who happen to share the same addiction. Interesting enough, they did not post the comment in the blog...
BRAVO YING!!. You are one of the first ones coming clean in front of everyone! :)
By
Nacho, at February 04, 2005 6:31 PM
Dude, I was very busy sending and recieving mail. Evrytime I started to respond my inbox went bing! and I just had to check it..hihihihi:)
By
pilli, at February 04, 2005 7:18 PM
It is confirmed. There is a new phobia, and it is called inboxphobia! The phobia of opening your inbox due to the ammount od unnecessary email and information.
Are we turning into these new e-psychos?
(DO NOT answer, ok?) :)
By
Nacho, at February 18, 2005 1:16 AM
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