"It's sad that in today's world, if I go 10 minutes without receiving an email, I begin to wonder if something is wrong with the internet."
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Atul,
that's so pathetic....I don't worry until it's at least 15 minutes.
Posted by: chancelucky | July 03, 2008 at 11:28 AM
I have done the same thing. I get SO dang much email that I can't answer it all anymore, and it stresses me out, and yet, if ten minutes goes by and a new one hasn't popped into my inbox, I think "Oh, no! Did I lose my wireless signal?"
Posted by: Elizabeth McQuern | July 06, 2008 at 07:01 PM
CL,
Yes 10 minutes is a bit too quick. I was truly going to put 15 in the quote, but felt it would have weakened the quote. I actually only worry after 20, so there. :-)
Bella,
Wireless adds another source of doubt into the equation, but I can check on that. I more worry about AOL's poor behavior because I use that half the time. Gmail is better. I have had instances at work where I didn't get emails because I didn't Refresh. Then it looked like my fault.
So much of our well-being and business efficiency seems to depend on extreme urgency of email delivery. I may have to write about that.
Atul
Posted by: Atul | July 08, 2008 at 01:46 PM