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Think before you send that e-mail

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 13, 2007.

  1. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Sorry. I'm off my game.
     
  2. Pastor

    Pastor Active Member


    I guess it depends on whether his readers are crack-heads.
     
  3. imjustagirl2

    imjustagirl2 New Member

    So, can we send those e-mails from personal accounts? Like I sent an e-mail to a company here in town with a glaring error on one of its billboards, basically saying "If you want to serve as a PR firm for any small company looking to grow, you might want to learn the difference between its and it's before it's 40 feet tall on a billboard."

    I did it from a personal account...but now are we not allowed to be mad at people any more, even in our private lives?
     
  4. wickedwritah

    wickedwritah Guest

    If there's a more diplomatic way of doing things, always err on the side of caution.

    Someone sending an e-mail reading, "I noticed a misspelling on your billboard" probably gets a little more response than someone being a douchebox about it.
     
  5. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    No, you are not. If you wanted to correct the situation, you should have gotten a ladder and a paintbrush instead of your poison pen.

    There is no way to make this situation a personal one, since they are sending the email to the staffer of the Washington Post, not Angry Music Writer, Private Citizen.
     
  6. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    You're fired.
     
  7. Captain_Kirk

    Captain_Kirk Well-Known Member

    Why do I get the feeling that someone had to explain what e-mail was to Mr Barry as a precursor to the conversation?
     
  8. writing irish

    writing irish Active Member

    Next thing you know, people will start saying that you shouldn't send professional emails late at night when you're really drunk.
     
  9. Pancamo

    Pancamo Active Member

    Sure you can but you are a public figure whose company may receive ad dollars from the PR firm you emailed which could result in the firm reducing advertising with your paper.
     
  10. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    Google said:
     
  11. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Professional emails are OK. Unprofessional ones are even better.
     
  12. PHINJ

    PHINJ Active Member

    I applaud Tim Page.

    Remember when journalists had fucking balls and didn't kowtow to flaks for slimeballs like Barry?

    Well, no. Me neither.
     
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