Today I received an email reply from someone that I had previously had correspondance with (he sent an enquiry to me, I replied). However, this particular email from him was less than kind about me, so I felt obliged to respond in my own way. It’s number 6 in my collection of pointless letters… His
Category: Pointless Letters
Inspired by the Timewaster Letters, by Robin Cooper (a brilliant book – do buy a copy), I am writing and sending humorous letters of my own. These pointless letters appear in this section.
E-Love – Pointless Letter #5
This morning I received an email from Sage that tugged at my heart strings and begged to be replied to. However, me being me meant that my reply had to be one of my, now infamous, pointless letters. Here’s the conversation thread, with her email appearing first… Her Email… Subject: Hello, stallion! Stop killing your
The Web Designers – Pointless Letter #4
I receive a lot of emails from offshore web design companies asking if we would like to outsource our work to them. Normally I send the emails straight to the virtual grey, round filing cabinet without reading them. However, for some reason I read this guy’s first email and it irked me a little (always
The Email Suggestion – Pointless Letter #3
With the Internet businesses I run, I receive a lot of feedback emails. The majority are really pleasant and useful, and I reply in-kind. But, just occasionally, I receive one that gets my goat. I mean, it’s not difficult to be pleasant, is it? So, today, because I was in a funny mood, I decided
Give Me Some Stick – Pointless Letter #2
I visited London today to meet up with a friend of mine, Marcus Oakey (Marcus – you owe me a tea for the shameless plug!). On the train journey home, I was checking my work emails and, as usual, sifting my way through the spam that had somehow fooled my spam filter (possibly with some