Read Your Damn E-mails!

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GAH!

This will be a little /rant.

I simply can't comprehend how anyone in the IM Business or in a business in which they need to communicate daily to clients via e-mail can simply ignore e-mails or be that impossible to get a hold of.

My experience thus far with everyone I've met off of here is very interesting. Here's what I'm constantly running into (with the exception of a couple of people).

1 - People are in NO HURRY to get any writing or content done. I receive e-mails on a daily basis saying "oh, I'll get to you in a couple of weeks." I even had one guy who had a website, no content or anything on it, it was receiving traffic and even he was in no hurry to get anything on it.

2 - People who take DAYS or even weeks to respond. I sometimes get messages like "Hey, you ready to do that order now?" I'm thinking, "What?" Usually it's about something I posted in the forums a couple of months ago.

3 - People who simply don't check their Skype messages or e-mails. I actually met someone who added me not too long ago who said "ah, I rarely check the messages I get a lot of them."

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? How is this acceptable...???

I do not understand. Why does it take people SEVERAL DAYS to weeks to answer their messages? Personally, I run my own business, I have a lot of things on the side besides writing and I would be pissed (infuriated) if I hired someone to do something who couldn't respond at least once a day. Even in a corporate setting with executives, they're in a hurry to get their work done.

How busy could someone possibly be that they can't open up their e-mail to respond? I mean, I get if one person is busy, but almost everyone I've met off here so far takes days or weeks to respond, get in contact with, get things sorted out, collect payment, etc.

Sometimes it really makes me wonder why I freelance on the side instead of playing WoW or doing something completely unproductive that doesn't make me want to scream and rip my hair out. I just do not understand how anyone who is serious about their business can be that irresponsible and just simply not be in a hurry to get their work done. It's beyond me.
  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    Why did you post this in the Off Topic forum? This is where we go to get away from business, and especially people complaining about business.
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    • Profile picture of the author Corey Geer
      Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

      Why did you post this in the Off Topic forum? This is where we go to get away from business, and especially people complaining about business.
      Because it's general and off topic and doesn't really pertain to anything in the main forums.
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