tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066331.post6047610122444860927..comments2023-10-10T19:25:48.956+08:00Comments on Life's Crosses: Email Fail!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802637147209284332noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066331.post-11942427056739097182009-10-22T21:56:46.958+08:002009-10-22T21:56:46.958+08:00Hello Fr,
I was at IHM for evening mass today. Sa...Hello Fr,<br /><br />I was at IHM for evening mass today. Saw you outside the parish office after mass but you were chatting with a group of folks so I didn't want to interrupt. Hope to catch you again some day! :0)Mochahttp://www.caffeinefixation.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066331.post-16602793802912888312009-10-20T23:10:05.277+08:002009-10-20T23:10:05.277+08:00How often I have to start my emails with "Fol...How often I have to start my emails with "Following up on our conversion" or "As spoken"... and then have the entire conversation in a written format... sigh...Natasha Yonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348526239996304317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066331.post-79539969777051792072009-10-20T05:57:27.562+08:002009-10-20T05:57:27.562+08:00yes, if misused,it panders to the "exhibition...yes, if misused,it panders to the "exhibitionist streak" inherent in us & yet provides a perfect cover to duck into anonimity when things become too hot. Viewed objectively - it seems to be a pathetic attempt to "exact the pound of flesh" from the 'one who has wronged us', but I've seen it used on an innocent friend - it is a cruel & deadly weapon to crucify another with impunity - leaving the victim no recourse to any court of law/authority. In the old days, we hv the "poison pen" - welcome to the modern deadlier version.tessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11736653101832342654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066331.post-86502539417126274352009-10-17T07:21:28.107+08:002009-10-17T07:21:28.107+08:00And speaking of email being used in an indiscrimin...And speaking of email being used in an indiscriminate manner, well, mine just got forwarded to the whole wide world. And you know what's the best thing? The email was making some very vague reference to some wrongs which the receipient of the email had done and the urgency for them to be rectified. But because it was kept so deliberately vague by me, no one else would have understood the content, except the receipient. And to the rest of the world, I simply appeared harsh and wrong. <br /><br />Mea culpa? I think not. :Dylonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066331.post-27468523212082268592009-10-17T07:10:08.693+08:002009-10-17T07:10:08.693+08:00You've just said something that I have been th...You've just said something that I have been thinking about recently. I realised why I prefer to write than to speak is because I can articulate my thoughts better when I write. It comes out as something thoughtful, planned and deliberate, especially the choice of words, rather than something I just rattle off without proper thought. So if I had said it out, it would probably sound worst than if I had written it down. While I believe we should have one-on-one talk to settle the issues especially when it comes to work, sometimes, you find that talking once is not enough. You appear to have made your point/requirement very clearly but it was not complied with for whatever reasons. For such, I would prefer to write so that my words can be read and re-read all over again (until such time it gets deleted). I find it quite a chore to have to verbally repeat myself over and over again, and the listener (as opposed to reader) may not be too keen either. So hopefully, the written words get complied with since the instructions are now so crystal clear.ylonoreply@blogger.com