I am not an excellent speller myself. If it wasn't for spell check, dictionary.com, and a few other key resources I'm loath to think just where in life I'd be. Generally speaking I'm also not a mean person. I can be a sarcastic asshole, but if/when I am it's usually to friends & family that understand my idiosyncrasies and know I'm not being mean or trying to be hurtful. Being that I'm in IT and spend a
large amount of time online browsing different forums and communities I'm exposed to all sorts of spelling and grammar nazis as well as people who could genuinely benefit from said nazis constant bickering. I don't normally partake in correcting others writing though, as I said earlier I have very little room to criticize.
Today though I think I met my match. I'm going to call this gentleman "James Bond"
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Originally Posted by James Bond
can u provide that it all wotks
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Originally Posted by James Bond
ok what are the specs of it all u have pics very instered in it
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Originally Posted by James Bond
well u know what I did recheck my email and did not get your address as a matter a fact ill think ill look else where I wAS waiting on the address but ill pass tghanks
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I must admit that after his first e-mail I was rather suspect, whenever somebody writes to me and says 'u' instead of 'you' I almost instantly dismiss them as GED member working at Burger King. I mean really, just how hard is it to type 3 letters instead of 1? It didn't help his case that this was the second time, the first being on February 5, he's e-mailed me asking me the same questions.
Unfortunately after exchanging 6 or 7 e-mails with James I lost it.
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Originally Posted by Me
James,
As of right now I see three options
1) Stop taking me as a fool, recheck your e-mail and realize that I already sent my address, and then either purchase the parts.
2) Realize that you are a fool, recheck your e-mail and still purchase the items.
3) Don't check your e-mail, continue to not use punctuation, never learn to spell 'you' properly, and continue searching for a deal where you get an entire computer as good as this one for so cheap.
Up to this point I've been polite and courteous to you despite your idiotic questions and general lack of intelligence. If you decide to start writing properly and continue negotiations I will once again treat you in a respectable manner. Until then fuck off.
Regards,
Me
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I know I was wrong for saying what I did, but at this point I just didn't care anymore. He had pestered me long enough and I despise dealing with low ballers and people that waste your time only to not buy your stuff.
Anywho's, to wrap up this terribly long rant is it just me or does it seem like spelling just isn't important anymore? I'm not talking about being perfect, but at least put forth the effort to make yourself sound intelligent. How do people make it in the professional world with spelling and grammar like this? Every e-mail client, every web browser, even many of the cell phones today have some sort of spell check built in. Why do people not use the resources given to them, are they really that lazy that typing 'u' increases their productivity? I guess I just had to vent a bit as this guy really got under my skin and the genuine disinterest in spelling correctly has me baffled.