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HOW PATHETIC CAN I BE?

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Real Estate Agent with Dunnigan, Realtors, Sacramento (916) 425-9715 CalBRE # 01188158

It use to be you would go home and check your mail...once a day...that was it.  I admit, I love checking the mail.  I just keep waiting for that million dollar gift check someone mails me!

Now, with e-mail, I find myself checking for mail WAY too often.  I leave my screen on Outlook.  I glance every now and then to see if anyone needed to contact me.  I am disappointed when the screen is still blank.

This is sad...I gotta get a life!

Comments(12)

Susan Mangigian
RE/MAX Preferred - West Chester, PA
Chester & Delaware County Homes, Delaware and Ches

You are not alone my friend.  Not at all.   I do the same thing.  And let's not talk about how much time I waste on facebook!

Aug 13, 2011 05:12 AM
Morris Massre
Pembroke Pines, FL
Real Estate Instructor Broward County Florida

Hey Paula, you're not alone. 

Aug 13, 2011 05:13 AM
Sarasota & Manatee Counties FL
SaraMana Properties - QuickFreeMLS.com - Bradenton, FL
QuickFreeMLS.com - Listings In Paradise

I do the very same thing . . . call it the curse of living in the modern age! ;-)

Aug 13, 2011 05:19 AM
Linda Urbick
RealtyOne Group - San Ramon, CA
Selling San Ramon Valley - 925-786-5132

So true - I too am trying to get away from checking emails so often - I say that everyday and then I find myself back in the email checkout line still too much during the day.

Aug 13, 2011 05:27 AM
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

I don't worry so much about E-Mail, it is the Ar site that I keeps close tabs on.

Aug 13, 2011 06:25 AM
Paula Swayne
Dunnigan, Realtors, Sacramento (916) 425-9715 - Sacramento, CA
Realtor-Land Park, East Sac & Curtis Park -Dunniga

To all of my compadres, THANK YOU for making me not feel quite like such a freak!

Aug 13, 2011 06:34 AM
Ted Tyrrell
RE/MAXCamosun (Chatterton) - Victoria, BC
Selling Homes in Beautiful Victoria

Paula, it has become a major problem in the workplace. Facebook too!

Aug 13, 2011 08:15 AM
Pamela Lauridsen-Bache
Century 21 Beachside, Mission Viejo Ca - Laguna Niguel, CA

I do the same thing and I recently purchased an Ipad so now it is worse. We are in a 24/7 type of business, or at least that is how I justify it!

 

Pamela Lauridsen Bache

Aug 13, 2011 08:17 AM
Carla Wade
Charlotte, NC

Oh yes, Outlook is the always opened first and is always the last thing closed!

Aug 13, 2011 08:23 AM
Laura Sargent
Carolina One Real Estate - Mount Pleasant, SC

And smartphones make walking through Walmart a distraction!  I should probably clock on connection time... then I might pull away some!

Aug 13, 2011 01:59 PM
Elyse Berman, PA
LoKation Real Estate - Boca Raton, FL
Boca Raton FL (561) 716-7824

Paula,  I couldn't live without my Outlook either.  You are definitely not alone!

Aug 13, 2011 04:48 PM
Scott Warga
ACSI American Construction Specialists & Investigations - Gilbert, AZ

I hope AR sends you an e-mail every time someone replies to this post, that way your box won't seem so empty.

Make it a great day

Aug 13, 2011 05:14 PM