ExPirateShopGirl
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I'm a fairly nice person. I have a great family, several friends (
) , I pay my bills. So why do I feel the need to mess? Allow me to explain.
My regular email address consists of my first name @ my internet provider . com. That's it, just my first name. While it sounds easy, it is, in fact, TOO easy. You'd be amazed at the email that winds up in my inbox. When I reply that I am NOT the intended recipient, some will argue the point and continue sending email. When I ask for money they usually stop.
Yesterday I received an email as part of a group mailing (suddenly I am now the parent of a high school baseball team member somewhere in Oklahoma). This same group has emailed me before and I politely asked them to remove me from their list. So this note arrives asking us parents to contribute to a fundraising basket that will be auctioned off in January. The sender is asking parents to donate fast food gift cards that she will package up and make into an appealing basket.
I could have let the email go unanswered. I fully admit that. But alas, I did not. I felt the need to reply to all the members about the sins of fast food and what kind of message this will send kids and parents alike that we may be promoting habits that lead to obesity, diabetes, hypertension and atherosclerosis... not to mention the cheapening of society as a whole by denying families the opportunity to dine at home on home-cooked meals.
To my credit, I did include some suggestions that were undoubtedly more healthful.
) , I pay my bills. So why do I feel the need to mess? Allow me to explain.My regular email address consists of my first name @ my internet provider . com. That's it, just my first name. While it sounds easy, it is, in fact, TOO easy. You'd be amazed at the email that winds up in my inbox. When I reply that I am NOT the intended recipient, some will argue the point and continue sending email. When I ask for money they usually stop.
Yesterday I received an email as part of a group mailing (suddenly I am now the parent of a high school baseball team member somewhere in Oklahoma). This same group has emailed me before and I politely asked them to remove me from their list. So this note arrives asking us parents to contribute to a fundraising basket that will be auctioned off in January. The sender is asking parents to donate fast food gift cards that she will package up and make into an appealing basket.
I could have let the email go unanswered. I fully admit that. But alas, I did not. I felt the need to reply to all the members about the sins of fast food and what kind of message this will send kids and parents alike that we may be promoting habits that lead to obesity, diabetes, hypertension and atherosclerosis... not to mention the cheapening of society as a whole by denying families the opportunity to dine at home on home-cooked meals.
To my credit, I did include some suggestions that were undoubtedly more healthful.
I had to look away after a couple seconds. 
