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I am a "tag" killer.

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Real Estate Agent with Jameson Sotheby's International Realty

An attempt was made to "tag" me recently, by my former "lurker" Kim McMahon (that's her photo over on the left... isn't she cute?).  It was a very nice thought, on her part.  It's an indication that she reads my blog, likes what I have to say, and would like to know more about me.

I very much appreciate that.

But (there's always a "but", isn't there?) I have been down that road before.  I have MeMe'd, Tagged, Friended... and it was just too much.  Sometimes I was tagged twice a day, by different people from different directions.

I wrote post after post, bearing my soul... well, okay... telling information about myself, my life, my family... it was fine.  But I've been there, done that, used the public bathrooms there, got the t-shirt and rode the bus on out of town.

I don't do that anymore.  I don't tag, I don't friend, I don't MeMe or Chain Letter.  I'm a chain letter breaker, I end the chain regardless of the threat attached.  We might be able to have world-peace, if it weren't for me.

My sister is a chain letter freak. She can't manage to end a chain letter, she's always worried about the ramifications.  So she knows that if she puts "chain letter" in the subject line, that I won't mind... and I won't open it... I just delete it (she's okay with that, because then the bad luck will fall on me, instead of her).

There I went, sharing personal information... - heavy sigh -

So, as flattering as it is, please don't tag, friend, MeMe, BHAG, or any other chain-post, me.  I will end it right here on my blog.  If you're unsure, just check the "footer" on my blog.

For those who have asked... here are some links to some of my earlier tags, MeMe's, Friends...

The Friendship Ball      Bookworm MeMe     myMeMe

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go Bears!

 

Posted by

 ALAN MAY, Realtor®   
Specializing in Evanston Real Estate and North Shore Real Estate

Jameson Sotheby's International Realty, 2934 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Office: 847.869.7300      Cell: 847.924.3313      Email: Almay@aol.com

Evanston Real Estate & North Shore Real Estate
Licensed in Illinois

   

Comments(37)

J. Philip Faranda
Howard Hanna Rand Realty - Yorktown Heights, NY
Associate Broker / Office Manager

I take it that goes for POKES too right Alan? 

When I get those chain letters I delete or send them a snopes.com link debunking whatever crap they are spreading. 

Jan 22, 2011 12:17 PM
Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

Deborah - google "MeMe"

J.P.F. - that goes for Pokes, too (I don't even know what a POKE is... so we're even).

Jan 22, 2011 12:32 PM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

Alan, we hear you loud and clear. I did a MeMe back when I first started AR in 2008, and another one this week.  That will be all I will do...I really don't like and do not respond to the FB games, ie farmville, poke etc.

Who has time for all that anyway!!!

Jan 22, 2011 01:25 PM
Jane Peters
Home Jane Realty - Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles real estate concierge services

I am with you on this one.  Flattering as it is I declined to of the invites.  Who has the time!

Jan 22, 2011 01:34 PM
Jack Mossman - The Nines Team at Keller Williams in Stockton
The Nines Team At Keller Williams - Stockton, CA
The Nines Team at Keller Williams in Stockton

Alan I may just have to start commenting by attaching a link to your posts ... you hit it on the head ... and say so,  much better than many! 

Jan 22, 2011 01:44 PM
Coral Gundlach
Compass - Arlington, VA
Real Lives. Not Just Real Estate.

What on Earth is a MeMe?

Jan 22, 2011 02:25 PM
Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

Rebecca - I did them the first few times... but if anyone really wants to learn about "me", they can read my blog.

Jane - amen.

Jack - i take that as a huge compliment.

Coral - you don't want to know.

Jan 22, 2011 02:28 PM
Virginia Hepp - Mesquite NV REALTOR
Desert Gold Realty - Mesquite NV Homes For Sale - Mesquite, NV
Mesquite NV Homes and Neighborhoods - Search MLS

Me neither.

Jan 22, 2011 05:14 PM
Kevin J. May
Florida Supreme Realty - Hobe Sound, FL
Serving the Treasure & Paradise Coasts of Florida

Alan, I'm thinking along the same lines as more of a "One and Done" event.

Jan 23, 2011 01:07 AM
Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

Virginia - tag, you're it.

Kevin - I'm already way past "one", but I so certainly am "done".

Jan 23, 2011 01:38 AM
Judith Sinnard
SMARTePLANS; Houston, Texas - Houston, TX
The SMARTePLAN Lady

Not for me .. as politely as I can, I say "Please don't sent me that stuff ... the chain letter will BREAK with me" .. so if you believe its a tragedy when a chain letter is broken -- don't send it to me.

Jan 23, 2011 02:45 AM
Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

Judith - exactly.

and for those who have asked, I have added three of the MeMe's that I did, way back:

The Friendship Ball      Bookworm MeMe     myMeMe

Jan 23, 2011 03:26 AM
Janna Scharf
Keller Williams Realty Coeur d'Alene - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Coeur d'Alene Idaho Real Estate Expert

You continue to crack me up!  I stoped by to check on your secret numbers (good job!) and got a chuckle out of this post because - it's my attitude exactly!  Which doesn't surprise me...  Maybe we were twins separated at birth?

Jan 23, 2011 04:05 AM
Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

Janna - sister and brother from another mother? (and thanks)

Jan 23, 2011 04:48 AM
Eric Michael
Remerica Integrity, Realtors®, Northville, MI - Livonia, MI
Metro Detroit Real Estate Professional 734.564.1519

Very good stand to make, Alan. I get texts almost daily from "friends" informing me of the latest scams or crimes or whatever. I simple respond - Urban Legend.

Jan 23, 2011 09:37 AM
Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

Eric - that's a whole different roll of toilet paper.

Jan 23, 2011 12:28 PM
Gina Nugent
Donohue RE - Palm Beach, FL
Real Estate Agent - Palm Beach, FL

Hey fellow chain-letter-breaker and world-destroyer! I am proud of you that you are, like me, not fall for this nonsense....who started it anyway??? People just have faaaaaaaaaaaar too much time on their hands....good night!

Jan 23, 2011 05:22 PM
Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

Gina - it was cute at the beginning... now it's just a chore.  I have enough chores.

Jan 24, 2011 12:29 AM
Joseph Michalski
Precision Home Inspection - Lansdale, PA
PA Home Inspector

That totally needed to be said!  I ABHOR chain letters, and delete them on sight.

More than that (well, OK, as much as that) I hate people who just forward BS internet hype without checking it out to see if its real or....well, BS!  I am the guy who looks it up on snopes.com and replys to all that it is BS.  People don't like that guy much, but I don't like the people who forward such junk, so we are at a stalemate.

Good luck with your anti-tag campaign and destruction of chain letters!!!

Jan 24, 2011 01:41 AM
Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

Joseph - well, if it needed to be said, then I'm glad that I was the one to say it!

(I can't tell you how many e-mails and private phone calls I've received applauding my stance!... well, wait... I just DID tell you, didn't I?)

Jan 24, 2011 01:52 PM