They're everywhere. In email signatures. On bulletin boards, and text message signatures.
I'm talking about the corny "quote of the day," or "words to live by" that people feel everyone else needs to know.
I, for one, am tired of reading them. I don't want to read what you think is wise. Maybe I don't want to know what the "moral lesson of the day is", and maybe, just maybe I do not care to know who you think are the wisest people on the earth.
I mean, most of the quotes come from dead people. Maybe we should just leave them where we find them. For you, they may be jewels, but for me, it's just another unnecessary line of text to read.
The worst is when you have a bulletin board in the office and the resident "enlightened" one must use it for their own personal agendas.
The board is for posting OFFICE information. Maybe a potluck is coming up, or an article was published in the local media about Bob from Accounting's snagging a 20lb. Tuna over the weekend.
It is not the place to preach or teach. Neither is your email, or text message signature.
I don't want to read Hallmark-esque quotes, or so-called inspirational quotes at the end of our correspondence. Your name, alternate email, and phone number is all I expect and SHOULD see when I'm through reading your message.
I feel like I'm forced to read this stuff and I'm fed up with it. I've even seen them on the Starbucks cups and everything. Now I can't even get a Chai Tea Latte without be subjected to someone's random words. I don't even go to Starbucks anymore in an effort to avoid those dumb messages I know will be waiting for me on my cup.
What do you think about this? Am I alone, or do I have some fellow cubicle people behind me on this one?
I, for one, am tired of reading them. I don't want to read what you think is wise. Maybe I don't want to know what the "moral lesson of the day is", and maybe, just maybe I do not care to know who you think are the wisest people on the earth.
I mean, most of the quotes come from dead people. Maybe we should just leave them where we find them. For you, they may be jewels, but for me, it's just another unnecessary line of text to read.
The worst is when you have a bulletin board in the office and the resident "enlightened" one must use it for their own personal agendas.
The board is for posting OFFICE information. Maybe a potluck is coming up, or an article was published in the local media about Bob from Accounting's snagging a 20lb. Tuna over the weekend.
It is not the place to preach or teach. Neither is your email, or text message signature.
I don't want to read Hallmark-esque quotes, or so-called inspirational quotes at the end of our correspondence. Your name, alternate email, and phone number is all I expect and SHOULD see when I'm through reading your message.
I feel like I'm forced to read this stuff and I'm fed up with it. I've even seen them on the Starbucks cups and everything. Now I can't even get a Chai Tea Latte without be subjected to someone's random words. I don't even go to Starbucks anymore in an effort to avoid those dumb messages I know will be waiting for me on my cup.
What do you think about this? Am I alone, or do I have some fellow cubicle people behind me on this one?
