Oh my God, is it Wednesday already?!
Wednesday afternoon, no less. Your crazy statistic of the week: the average corporate grunt sends 133 e-mails a day. I probably communicate with people electronically 133 times a day, but I'm including this blogosphere, MySpace, Facebook, and the Jake Watch Message Board in that count. I send maybe 5 - 10 actual e-mails a day. I send maybe 2 - 3 actual work-related e-mails a week. I realize I'm not but an unimportant cog in the wheel, but what the hell are all these other people writing back and forth so damn much about? Ever heard of a phone?
As a nation, America sends 100 billion pieces of mail through the U.S. Postal Service a year. We send more than 100 billion e-mails a day.
(I'm sorry there's no picture to go with this. I have a headache and didn't really feel like finding something. I'm nothing if not honest.)
Source: NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, June 20, 2006
As a nation, America sends 100 billion pieces of mail through the U.S. Postal Service a year. We send more than 100 billion e-mails a day.
(I'm sorry there's no picture to go with this. I have a headache and didn't really feel like finding something. I'm nothing if not honest.)
Source: NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, June 20, 2006
posted by Becky Heineke at 6/21/2006 02:41:00 PM
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post a comment"100 billion e-mails a day"
OMG that is alot and i bet most of that is junk! Well PG with all these different ways of leaving messages and sites like you, i can't help but think i have missed someone out!
I really need to write e-mails to my family in the US. I've been very lazy!
Take some pills for the head, trust pussy.
I used to work as an assistant at Nokia and my co-workers would send me an e-mail if they wanted to ask me when I'm going to lunch. And these were co-workers that sat in the next cubicle from me...
So yeah, I can believe 133 e-mails per day.
^^^That is dumb. Almost dumber than naming a beetle after a Bush official, but not quite. I knew they would be stupid e-mails. :)
I always trust you, Pussy. 10 minutes till I can go home and medicate myself...
I MAY have, at one point, be the type to send an email to a coworker in the same building...like AIM but slower...
I 'm saying MAY have. ;)
Some of these statistics really annoy me. I once read one that 65% of men had had an affair - where did they get this from? Outside of a singles club? Divorcee night at the local supermarket?
They didn't ask me. Rubbish.
Some of these statistics really annoy me. I once read one that 65% of men had had an affair - where did they get this from?
"There are lies, bigger lies and statistics". Indeed.
Dude, 100 billion emails a DAY? That is a HELL of a lot of emails! But, on the good side, think of all the trees we're saving. I admit, I'm guilty of having sent inconsequential emails, but hey....sometimes I'm just too lazy to pick up the phone!
^^^ Yeah, I got you. I think we all wound up in the same square, which makes me SO happy. I consider that the best square on the graph. I mean, clearly, if I placed in it. :)
Regarding statistics, you are preaching to the choir of skeptics right here. However, I do believe the e-mail thing. It is good that we're using it as a method of communication, but if we overuse it has a detrimental social effect. I'm really tired and probably shouldn't be pontificating right now. I'll say something more coherent tomorrow. Just ignore me. :)