Ping! “Get Lost mind you we are Proud Maltese & our Govt + 75000 more votes For Now Bye till next Election 5 years more.”
I got this brief e-mail in my inbox last Monday. As this is very typical of several other e-mails that I receive, I am sharing it here so that people who intend sending similar messages in future, might want to revise theirs before pressing the send button.
First of all, I would like to kindly ask e-mail writers if they could please mind their manners. Has life become so terribly stressful and so taxing that no one can spare a simple address when you’re e-mailing someone whom you’ve never met? I am not expecting a ‘Dear Kristina’ – I understand that some people would have a hard time with that ‘dear’, but a simple ‘Kristina’ would suffice. And is it too much to ask of people to sign off? There is no need for ‘Kind regards’ or even ‘Best wishes’ – the name of the person who pens the message would suffice. I fear that people take to electronic messaging thinking they are on Xarabank, grabbing the microphone and without introducing themselves, proceed into a verbal rant, with no pauses except at the end.
Which brings me to the second point. Would it be too much...
