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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Dec 10 2009 : 10:18:40 AM
I have a cousin in Calif. who has my name on his list of I guess these form e-mails. Just about every day I get these stupid nasty e-mails from him. I can just look at the titles and delete them. Most of them are just stupid. I had thought about telling him to stop sending them, but thought that might hurt his feelings. And it's just as easy to hit the delete button.
But today he sent one that had some pretty nasty words right in the title. I just sent him an e-mail requesting he take my name off the list now. I told him that my granddaughters sometimes get on my computer when they're here and I DID NOT want them to come across something like that. So to please take me off that list.
I hope I did the right thing. I don't feel bad about doing that. I don't mind some of them if they are in good taste or that actually MEAN something. But these mindless degrading stupid e-mails just have to stop now. I have had enough of them.
Prudish Kris
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| knitnpickinatune |
Posted - Dec 30 2009 : 09:12:56 AM
You did the right thing-I used to go nuts over receiving email forwards from a woman I knew some years back-she'd sent 30-50 a day,no kidding. Inever said anything but should've.
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| MasterGardener |
Posted - Dec 30 2009 : 08:47:56 AM
I use the "Block Sender" tool without hesitation...I'm less worried these days about offending "someone" who would send something offensive to me in the first place...and I'm much more concerned about what God thinks, so I'm totally in agreement with what you've decided Kris! I'll join your prudish club..."prudish Chandra"
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Dec 27 2009 : 3:15:21 PM
I got a Christmas card from my Cousin. On the front he had written Mr. Tiny Sherrill and Kris. Ha! Then he said he wished I had said something earlier, that he sure didn't want to be the one who ruined my grandkids lives. And he said I had sent him some offensive e-mails too, and he has cats. So I sent him a card with his wife's name first then his, just like he did mine. And said I had never sent him any offensive stuff. Antway, I want to hear from HIM, not be on some form e-mail list. I am wanting to keep in touch with my family.
Kris
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| yarnmamma |
Posted - Dec 27 2009 : 2:58:45 PM
I agree that you did the right thing. Sometimes I think people just don't think about who all is on their list and perhaps send to "all". That is no excuse though for sending dirty or offensive emails.
Proud that ya stuck up for yourself and especially your grandkids!
Linda in Scranton, PA
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| Sitnalta |
Posted - Dec 27 2009 : 1:46:15 PM
I'm with you. I get a lot of political "opinions" in my inbox. It's hard to be polite and say please don't send these, but gee whiz! Your email is for you to utilize..not for someone else to fill up with demoralizing junk.
I think you definitely did the right thing, Kris. Don't feel bad about it. Life is sometimes about putting your foot down!
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| goneriding |
Posted - Dec 12 2009 : 06:33:55 AM
I'm sort of amazed that people would keep sending emails/texts that you don't want and have asked they stop! If, after you've asked 3 times, doesn't that become a form of harrassment??
Maybe I'm weird but when I've gotten weird uncomfortable stuff, I don't have much problem telling them to quit and NOW. If they think that little of me to keep on keeping on, then maybe it's time for some distance between us anyway. As for a sup sending things, that's dicey and what I would do would probably get me fired. 
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Dec 11 2009 : 06:57:21 AM
Laura, I just can't believe people are so insensitive to what other people think and believe. I guess they think that we think the same way. I'm not perfect, but I do have morals. Please respect how I feel. My cousin's e-mails have been coming for a year now. I finally just told him I'd had enough of them and please take me off the list. They went to everyone he knows or came from someone else and he forwards them. I know he didn't think a thing about it. Your supervisor might have the same setup and she just forwards them on to several people without thinking. Just ask her to take you off the list. She should understand. If not, that's her problem.
Sharon, Truckin' Man has a biker friend who sends stupid stuff to my e-mail for him. Most of the time they are pictures he's sent of rides he's been on. I just delete the stupid stuff. I think my he told him that's what I did. I save the pics, though.
Kris
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| bobbinrobin |
Posted - Dec 11 2009 : 06:31:03 AM
In the past, my brother~in~law filled our inbox with mean remarks regarding members of the political party I favor. I couldn't abide by his constantly running down people that I admired. Tried to ignore it by not responding but finally had to tell him how I felt. Well, the emails just kept coming as he said they were directed at my hubby. I finally had to set up a second email account and asked him to send all his messages there. Now I don't even have to read the subject line and get all steamed up about it. Ahhhh peace!
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| 82kygal |
Posted - Dec 11 2009 : 06:18:53 AM
I get them from my supervisor on my cell phone she texts them to me and they are really bad. So how do I make her stop without upsetting the supervisor?
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Dec 10 2009 : 11:28:31 AM
Jonni, those are good response! I got some of the same ones, I think. Just silly mindless jibberish junk. I just heard from him and he says "why didn't I say something sooner?" Well good grief, cuz! Should I have had to say anything anyway? So the deed has been done and I am glad.
Janice, I totally agree.
Ya'll, I don't even get the face book yet. It takes me awhile. But my neice sent me a beer chugging invitation. Delete! I like that button! I'm glad they put that one on the keyboard.
Kris
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Dec 10 2009 : 11:22:48 AM
I think I know who that is, Janice, though this fantabulous firewall we got with our new server has done the trick on our end. Whew!
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Dec 10 2009 : 11:21:10 AM
I have this problem, too. Someone 'hijacked' my email address and put me on a list to receive emails. In spite of repeated requests to remove me, I still get the junk. I've tried to direct them to my junk box, but the sender periodically changes email addresses and here they come again. These go to my work address and are completely inappropriate. I've even thought of putting it in the hands of my lawyer. Why would someone keep sending unwanted/unwelcome junk?
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Dec 10 2009 : 11:20:20 AM
I don't get the dirty/cussy emails, but I do seem to get these "racially tinged" emails with this whole "proud to be American/White" thing from an elderly co-worker that put me on edge. I always think, "she knows me, right?" In a fairly conservative law office, I'm called the "free spirit" and (good naturedly poked fun at) asked questions about all things unique and not "box stores" or good vegetarian and vegan restaurants. I'm pretty much hippy-dippy organic-crunchy-granola girl, so WHY on earth, would she send me these racist emails?
I simply delete them. I guess you could say something light hearted like, "hey boy-o, enough with the "blue" humor! It's like getting emails from a lockerroom!!" Or, "you need to take your show on the road! It's like I'm getting emails from Robin Williams or Richard Pryor!" That might do the trick :)
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| Brownie Lady |
Posted - Dec 10 2009 : 11:13:03 AM
I am right there with you on all counts.
Emails...I have some of my email addresses actually marked to have them go right to the delete file. My email will notify me that I have new emails and if I don't see anyone in the in box, I check the delete file to just make sure it was nothing personal. These are not people who send offensive emails, but they are emails that are a total waste of my time. I do not have enough hours in the day to read stupid stuff.
As for FaceBook, I too, have deleted "friends" who are offensive. I have no desire to read FB blurbs where every other word begins with "F."
You did the right thing!
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| goneriding |
Posted - Dec 10 2009 : 11:00:15 AM
You did right, don't worry about it.
On FB, I've had to delete some 'friends' cuz they posted things that I just don't want to know about nor read.
If that makes me prudish, so be it!
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| krissy |
Posted - Dec 10 2009 : 10:46:04 AM
You don't need to feel bad for having good morals. :) And you said you don't feel bad anyway, so that's a good thing. There's a time and a place for everything, and your e-mail Inbox doesn't need that kind of garbage.
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| Ga Girl |
Posted - Dec 10 2009 : 10:27:49 AM
I completly understand Kris, I had to do the same thing on a couple of facebook friends from school every time I would get on all their filth would pop up and so I had to just take them off. I hate that I wont be able to see old friends but I try to keep myself clear from such ungodly stuff. I'm sure you did whats right. So go on and enjoy the rest of your day with no more juck emails! Blessings,Karen
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