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Re: List Etiquite
On Tue, 15 Dec 1998 20:31:09 -0800 (PST), Todd Phenneger wrote:
>[ ... ] I am sick of replying to
>someones frantic message that they need a radiator/door handle/ light bulb
>or whatever ASAP used and replying to them ASAP only to not get a reply.
>Even 2 weeks later sometimes no reply. After I bug them for a reply I get
>one, (sorry, I was busy) Well, it takes one minute and if people have
>time to read all the messages on the list, they can respond to their
>personal mail I would thing.
>
I know my enthusiasm for offering suggestions has waned for this
very reason. I attribute it to the general decline of civilization. Have
you noticed that these days people no longer feel the slightest obligation
to RSVP? So much for permissive child rearing methods.
DeWitt Harrison
Boulder, CO
88 5kcstq