Got a slightly-angry e-mail from a casual acquaintance who was upset that I hadn't responded to an e-mail he sent me a week or so ago. I am way behind on answering e-mail, so a lot of you are in that category, and I apologize.
But I'm not apologizing to this guy. First off, everyone does get behind, or allow the occasional e-mail to go unanswered. It happens and we shouldn't get peevish about it. Secondly, he sent me another copy of the message I'd ignored and I saw its Subject Line. As a joke, he'd written in, "Generic Viagra and Penis Enlargement." The message had no mention of either of those related topics but since I can't find his original on my hard disk, I'm guessing either I or my Spam filter deleted it without reading.
In his complaint to me, he wrote, "I'm sick and tired of rude people not responding to my e-mails." I can suggest one reason why they do.
No…come to think of it, I can suggest two.