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Anyway, I guess my father-in-law emailed me last week and I didn't respond. He just had hip surgery too, and I guess he was upset... so now I'm the asshole. I literally didn't see it until today.
How do you send somebody an email after finding out they're upset that you didn't send them the email in the first place, and still make it seem genuine? How do I make explaining that I work 70 hour weeks not seem like an excuse? Why didn't he just call me? How do I shot web?
I guess I'm officially an adult now. I allowed my job to cause me to disappoint a family member.
shouldabeenablog...
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I dunno. I have the same problem with emails. My sister sent me an email asking me what her, my other sister, and I should get my dad for his birthday. I read it, didn't have an answer, and forgot to respond.
His birthday came up and I got a phone call from my sis telling me to buy some bullshit giftcards from all of us.
I don't know; I get wrapped up in my own shit too much to pay attention to the current date.
I think it's likely a common fuck-up nowadays. Just show that you're sincerely apologetic and sympathetic?
People shouldn't get butt-hurt over email, though. It's a really inefficient way of communicating.
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It took me a friggin half hour to write because I'm borderline OCD with email... I'm constantly worried that I wrote something like "you're a fucking scumbag cocksucker" somewhere in the body of the message or attached a pornographic JPEG and just didn't realize it. I won't hit send without proofreading an email like six times. So it takes me forever to write one email which is why I'm ignoring all non-essential email.
*sigh*
At least I'm nice to his daughter.
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It's a little weird, but he means well. Although my preferred means of communication with the in-laws is over the phone, because there's no way for them to misinterpret me. Especially because they seem to take it personally when I don't respond. Fuck, I don't respond to my wife, and she emailed me six times today. But she knows I'm in a non-responding mode right now...
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I can be the same way with emails and messages. If it's important I'll spend way too much time and often have to save it and pick it back up the next day.
I have a friend that has serious email anxiety and she runs a successful online business. I don't know how she does it.
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And thanks. I'm not gonna take on that project. There is a guy in town that rebuilds bikes that I like. I'll wait for when I have money and he has one done. Have you heard or seen about there brat bikes becoming popular in Japan? There is a dude in Arkansas starting to build some.
http://www.bratstyle.com/
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You could have replied to a few emails in the time it took to post and respond to this.
/feck
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| Originally posted by eric on September 9, 2010 12:18 PM PDT Now I just think you are patronizing me. Dont insult me with your late replys, Scott. And thanks. I'm not gonna take on that project. There is a guy in town that rebuilds bikes that I like. I'll wait for when I have money and he has one done. Have you heard or seen about there brat bikes becoming popular in Japan? There is a dude in Arkansas starting to build some. http://www.bratstyle.com/ |
those look a lot like http://www.wrenchmonkees.com bikes:
but these guys are from copenhagen. they're pretty much my favorite bike builders right now.
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not that night. i was deep in a 3D CAD model for something, and was checking in here while STEP files were loading and shit. I try not to write emails when I'm distracted like that, lest I accidentally call somebody a cocksucker.
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