I'm really sick of people who don't answer e-mails and don't return calls...

[ChoralScholar]

To me, it's like going up to someone, speaking to them - then they turn and walk away without a word.

It's freaking rude. In the case of employers, it's chicken-shit. If you are hiring someone else - tell me that, and I'll quit 'touching base' with you!

We're talking about people's livelihood here - isn't it worth a few keystrokes, or a couple of words on the telephone?

[ChoralScholar]

1. I didn't mention not replying on message boards, but thanks for reminding me :) LOL

[Bucky]

2. I'm sorry, but I just didn't have the guts to tell you I'm seeing someone else now.

[rurallib]

3. should have sent an email.

[frogmarch]

4. Yes, it's rude.

Recently I came across some old photos – many are from the mid 1800s - of my step-mother’s parents and siblings and some of their ancestors. There are also old cards, letters and other memorabilia. Thinking that blood relatives of the family might like to have the photos, I did some genealogy research online and learned the name of a niece of hers who is still living. I was able to find her on Facebook. Her father was my step-mother’s brother.

I sent my step-mother’s niece a private Facebook message and introduced myself, and asked her if she’d like me to snail-mail her the photos, etc. I received a Fb friend request from her, and I accepted. Her reply to my message said that she would write to me when she had more time. Next thing I knew, she’d invited me to play one of those Facebook games. I don’t play Fb games (don’t know how and don’t want to know how) so I didn’t click to accept, and I guess it made her angry, because she never contacted me again.

On one of her status posts about a family reunion, I asked if she’d decided if she wanted the old photos, but she didn’t reply. This was about a month ago. So I will keep the old photos, even though I never knew any of my step-mother’s family. What gets me is that I told this niece that along with the photos, there was even a sprig of her dad’s hair with a note saying he’d hacked it off before church when he was six because it was sticking up. But apparently she doesn’t care about the sprig of her dad’s hair or the photos, or any of the rest of it. I guess she considers it more important to show someone she doesn't even know that she's pissed off at her for slighting her by not accepting a Facebook game invitation.

[Kat45]

5. I totally agree.

That really pisses me off as well, and I do consider it quite rude.

[brettdale]

6. I think its rude too

Its least have the decency to answer an email.

[jberryhill]

7. Depends

What sort of emails are you talking about?

If I responded to every email I received, I'd never get anything done.

I tend to receive emails from people I don't know, requesting answers to very complex questions. While I try to at least get out a "this is a complex question that would require substantial work and an appropriate billing arrangement," I am sometimes impressed by people who write to me blind and think I owe them an answer.

[ChoralScholar]

9. I understand that.

I teach college, and I get tons of e-mails from students.

I'm talking about e-mails that ask a specific question. "My name is so-and-so, and I applied for your whatever position. Has this position been filled?"

Y-E-S-. <Send> or

N-O-. <Send>

How hard is that? Three or four keystrokes and a click.

[jberryhill]

10. Yeah, but then I'd have to spend less time on DU

And that would be tragic, lol.

[edhopper]

8. I agree

I often put a "please respond" at the end. And even then some people don't

[RedCloud]

11. And what if our arms got temporarily chopped off? How do we reply?