By penguinmom

September 29, 2006 11:24 AM | Link to this

If I go without email for more than a day or so, I feel a little cut off from the world. So much of my communication with friends and family occurs via email.

I think email has actually contributed to my level of communication. I can send an email at any hour of the day or night and the person on the other end can read it at their convenience. That means if I think of something I need to tell my sister I can do it immediately even if the clock shows 1am. If I had to wait to call her, it might not happen and that piece of infomation would not be passed on. I find calling to be inconvenient and often time consuming. When I send an email it can be as long or as short as I want it to be. When I call someone, I never know if we’ll be on the phone for 5 minutes or 20. So I have to allow for the 20 just in case.

I’m going to the mountains this weekend and will be without internet access. I’ll survive and have a good time but when I get home, one of the first things I’ll do is turn on my computer.

By michele

September 29, 2006 11:52 AM | Link to this

A company can have email free Fridays and employees can still avoid each other like the plague. The employees could send faxes in place of e-mails or go to a chat room or blog instead of picking up the phone.

Email is great if you have to send a note to a fellow employee that you may not get along with.

No I couldn’t survive an hour much less a day without email.

By frank123

September 29, 2006 12:34 PM | Link to this

E-mail is great for keeping in touch with family. A work it is a great way to transmit information. I have had email free days. It was unpleasant. The worse was finding out there were no critical emails for me and that I’m less important than I thought.

By DRD

September 29, 2006 12:35 PM | Link to this

I find that in todays technological world, that e-mail is much quicker in communicating with someone. You can come in to your office, scan your e-mail, and quickly reply. Most people nowadays, you have to play phone tag several times before you get to them. So yeah, if I did not have e-mail, I would be lost I think! :)

By Shooter

September 29, 2006 1:15 PM | Link to this

E-mail speeds things up quite a bit, but I don’t see it as a crutch or means of avoiding personal contact. It eliminates idle chit chat. I think we could go a day or a week without e-mail,but it would slow us down some and maybe cause extra work.

By singlemom

September 29, 2006 1:54 PM | Link to this

I would much rather CALL a friend/family member or visit in person than e-mail. The only time I e-mail is at work. I very rarely touch the computer at home. Only on Sundays, to update football scores for the office pool.

By Len

September 29, 2006 2:09 PM | Link to this

I am in sales and there would be NO way I can go with out e-mails.Over one hundred mails a day.

Would be broke and living in your basement. lol

By Out of Office Reminder

September 29, 2006 2:25 PM | Link to this

I would love to not have to worry about email for a day. Nothing makes me feel important like a mass email or a new stock tip…

If it is really something important, call me and let me know. If it is something you might not remember when you wake up in the morning, it probably wasnt that important to begin with.

By Joe

September 29, 2006 3:27 PM | Link to this

Amost all counties provide mental health siminars for co-dependents. Realizing you’re not really important, thats a whole other issue.

By Rodney

September 29, 2006 3:52 PM | Link to this

I certainly could not - I don’t like most people, much less like talking to them. E-mail is efficient and clean and interaction-free. I don’t need personal interaction at work - I have a home life with friends and family that provide that for me.

By Erin

September 29, 2006 6:22 PM | Link to this

The ease and flexibility of e-mail means it’s become almost crucial for certain aspects of many jobs, including mine.

So a day without e-mail at work would be more difficult, but not completely impossible, unless the entire computer system went down.

E-mail for friends and family? I can live without it for a day, but I don’t like doing so, because it’s the primary way I keep in touch with certain friends and many family members.

By Soulfinger

September 30, 2006 1:38 PM | Link to this

Rodney I am with you. I have a phone and I use it to send text messages and email all day long. I very rarely am actually talking on my phone. It saves lots of time and you can talk to someone without having to actually talk to them!

By Howard

October 1, 2006 8:19 AM | Link to this

I would rather miss my daily trip to Wal-Mart than miss my e-mail.

By Bronco

October 1, 2006 8:43 AM | Link to this

I couldn’t imagine not enjoying my cup of coffee and not reading my “penis enlargement emails”

By CT

October 1, 2006 4:49 PM | Link to this

Sure, I could do without it for a day! What did we do just 10-12 years ago when email wasn’t really as prevalent as it is today? You have to adapt. Email is not the problem; the issues that hinder productivity and retard it’s use and hence its (email) effectiveness are related to the improper use of email. Everyone should be required to take “E”-ttiquette” classes!

By Fay Woo

October 2, 2006 9:06 AM | Link to this

NO!!! : O

By Marie

October 2, 2006 10:19 AM | Link to this

Our office could not function without email for a day. We send and receive documents all day via email. Our email was down AFTER work hours for several hours one day last week and the world almost ended. Unfortunately, it is my job to deal with those problems.

By Prootwadl

October 2, 2006 12:56 PM | Link to this

Most of the folks I work with are in the UK or Australia. While I can talk to them on the phone (and sometimes do), it’s often a lot more constructive to use e-mail because their writing doesn’t have a thick Irish or Aussie accent. :-)

By deek

October 2, 2006 1:10 PM | Link to this

I am often asked if I could live without my blackberry. YES. Please take it I tell them.