It begins...

Well here it is the first assignment.. is it posted on the right day? Maybe..not.. but it's here. After reading the emailing and netiquette rules I have a few thoughts. At my place of employment I use email daily, sending people their account balances and payment plans, and as a email vetran I have come across several of the email trouble spots that the readings point out. Several people like to attach useless signatures to their replys. Gigantic pictures of Music notes and daily quotes that are too hideous for the naked eye clog up my inbox and take twice as long to open. The frustration of waiting for the message to open completley destroys the thoughts they were trying to convey with their personal graphic attachement. Secondly, I often open up emails to my enjoyment that are full of angry and obsecene words that hardly follow the golden rule of email. I understand that I am a debt collector but the rules still apply and the customer conveys themselves as unprofessional, uneducated, and still in debt. The netiqutte rule to remember the Human is well said, I like the idea of remembering that you are communicating with a person not a computer. This is why it is great that technology is evolving and we not only have email but sites like facebook that allow us to interact more personally and connect more realisticlly, three cheers for that. Lastly, and nothing to do with the actual readings, why do so many male accounts that I come across have emails such as sexyflirtkiss74@email.com? Clearly I am not the only one confused.