do you always reply to emails/messages etc?

def chris

not talking about spam or generic computer generated emails obviously, but ones from people you know... I always make a point without fail of responding if someone's sent me a message, seems like standard courtesy to me?

apparently it's not for everyone, for eg if I email my brothers just to ask how they are doing, they'll virtually never reply. I'll end up mentioning that I emailed them the next time I see them and they'll be like "oh yeah I got your email".... ??

also did a favour a few days ago for someone on another site who PM'd me to ask me this favour, yet they have not replied to say thanks despite the fact I helped them out and they've obviously got my reply. this really gets under my skin for some reason.

do any of you ignore emails and messages etc? any excuses why?

sorry, bit of a random rant 8-)

dm_boozefreek

I don't usually ignore email but I do have a bit of a backlog now no doubt because I basically just haven't really been paying attention to my email recently, used to check it daily, now I only check it about once a month.

def chris

normally check mine once every 2-3 days tbh. I don't get a lot of mail though, maybe that's it. people being literally too busy to reply. not a great excuse though...

jdanddiet

i try to reply to all of them, just common courtesy. Would you ignore a friend in the street who said how are you?

Grunaki

Although I check my e-mails a few times a day, they're generally:

a) Crap from websites I've subscribed to that require a quick skim, but nothing special

b) Stuff my Wife forwards home from work so she's got a copy for quick reference or other stuff to do with her work

c) Spam.

The only time I seriously use e-mail these days is when I'm job hunting. Most of my friends are on Facebook, so it's easier to just drop them a PM than send an e-mail. I also used to use MSN Messenger a lot back in the day as well, but hardly bother with that now either.

def chris

jdanddiet wrote: »

Would you ignore a friend in the street who said how are you?

exactly!

Rebelstar without a cause

I always respond to emails and text messages. It's just common decency.

Alien 8

I check my emails several times a day. I always send a reply if it is a real person that I know. Unsolicited stuff usually goes straight to Junk.

Similarly I always try to reply if somebody has left a reply for me on a forum such as this.

I must admit it does irritate me a bit when people don't reply to emails, and just say, oh yeah, I saw your email. If such people received a letter, would they just read it and not reply?

Bermondsey Bob

I don't reply to emails unless they require a reply (obvious really) and I'll be honest and say that I hardly check mine these days. Once a month is enough for me. I only ever get SPAM and Facebook messages anyway.

I'll always reply to a text though as it's the decent thing to do. It does anoy me when I text someone and they don't reply, then say "I never got your message" whe I know they did because I get a delivery notification to say it's been delivered ;-)

richl

I think it sort of depends on the person you've emailed. Some people I don't expect to reply very quickly because I know they don't check their mail very often or are genuinely busy all the time (but I do expect a reply at some point).

Others I know are sitting on their computer for hours on end "busy" doing important things like buying up all of eBay so I feel it is rude when they can't be bothered to reply, especially when they're the first to email asking for help or something when they want something.

But yeah, I always make a point of trying to reply to everyone who mails or messages me. Otherwise I see it as though I'm ignoring them.

I think people are just more self-centred nowadays and not as polite. I don't know if it's always a deliberate act of rudeness but I was brought up to be polite so I guess I feel others ought to act in a similar fashion. For instance, I found a key on the pavement by my car when I was doing the bins the other day and stuck a note to the back of my car so that whoever lost it might come and claim it. I left it there all day and didn't go out in case anyone came for it. Next day my neighbour rang the bell asking about it and described the key fob and it turns out it belonged to the neighbour the other side of them. She was standing outside her house (don't know why she couldn't come and ring the bell herself?) and that was it. No thank you, no acknowledgement, not even a nod in my direction. Nothing. I wasn't expecting a case of beer or a street party in my honour but a quick "thanks" wouldn't have killed her, right? I guess she wouldn't have replied to an email either :lol:

And the "I never got your message" thing is another old classic. In my previous life I used to have to mail about 800 people at a time at work and we used to get delivery notifications and read receipts and keep them as there were always people who swore blind they'd never got the mail about such-and-such and they always looked slightly stunned when we could tell them exactly when they got it and when they'd read it.

deadpan666

I'll always reply when I get round to reading an e-mail...some have been known to get lost in a wave of junk though, but that was before I turned on a filter.....

I'll either e-mail them back, or text or phone them or whatever. It really annoys me when people say they got your message and they haven't replied....I feel like just ignoring everything they say and do for the next half hour! :D

fog

I try to reply, and if I don't it's genuine that I forgot..

I've had an issue with a woman I met recently not replying.. I email her 3 weeks later to see if she's ok and then I get some **** email back saying crap like "oh your so demanding" blah blah blah.. this same person I haven't called or texted in that time.. and she goes off on one..

then says its normal for her to be like that.. a lot of people are "throw away" these days.. more so than before (and facebook etc makes it far easier)

zxbruno

I check my e-mail several times a day and usually send all replies that same day. If I need to send a very long reply (usually because it's about a Sinclair-related purchase, sale or project), I add it to my to-do list and do it as soon as possible.

But there are people I know, including family, from which I don't expect a reply. So I don't bother trying to contact them anymore. :)

festershinetop

Im always having to email people for my mum as she doesnt have a PC or know how to use one. Ill email people for her and they hardly ever reply and every time i see her she will always ask if ive heard anything back. This gets really annoying as im constantly having to type out messages to people i dont know and then constantly check for a reply.

My brother is the king of minimal replies he replies to every email he gets but only uses one or two words. I filtered all his replies to me and in thunderbird and they all say either

cool
will check
yeah
no

but at least hes acknowledging the email rather than people who just read it and dont bother replying.

I do all ways reply to an email unless its someone who i dont want to talk to

Timmy

I admit having a problem of not reply within the first 2 weeks, but usually a lot later. I have no idea why.

Perhaps I need some help with this.

morcar

I always try to reply as soon as i can and if i am on and it comes in then i sort it out there and then.

def chris

festershinetop wrote: »

My brother is the king of minimal replies he replies to every email he gets but only uses one or two words. I filtered all his replies to me and in thunderbird and they all say either

cool
will check
yeah
no

but at least hes acknowledging the email rather than people who just read it and dont bother replying.

yeah I know a couple of people who do this. it almost seems rude but then like you said the fact they've replied means it's not

I've emailed one of my bro's twice and texted him once in the past week, asking him a specific question and got no reply. I'm thinking of sending another email and adding "PLEASE REPLY" at the end, but that just seems a bit desperate and unnecessary. he never answers his phone either. but I know he's getting these messages, which is the silly thing. we're close, not fallen out or anything like that...he just can't be bothered to reply!

zxbruno

I guess people are too busy to call, take calls or reply to e-mails, but they have enough time to waste on social media websites.

Wookiee

As a rule I will always reply....not always instantly but once I see it etc

Maroc's Astral Projection

I reply to senders in this order of preference:

Pretty ladies
Family/Friends
Nigerian royalty who need to 'borrow' my bank account

Maybe it's just me but people now don't seem to send emails much anyway what with Faceache etc.

VanTammen

I would reply to this thread but I'm just not in to it!

def chris

nevermind. I haven't replied directly to every reply in this thread so I'm a hypocrite anyway :)

Maroc's Astral Projection wrote: »

Maybe it's just me but people now don't seem to send emails much anyway what with Faceache etc.

maybe that's partly to do with it tbh. I refuse to have anything to do with "farce-book" (ooh controversial), but perhaps everyone sees email as a bit boring and old fashioned now it's come along