BRIDGET'S BLOG: "She Never EVER Answers Email"

Those were the words.
Boldly printed and plain to see.

The "She" in this sentence would be, me.

It came from a former colleague who'd been trying to reach me.
I guess in frustration, she contacted a co-worker of mine, and used that phrase in reference to yours truly.

At first, it confused me.
Had this person sent me something that I didn't answer? Well obviously so.
On top of that, use of the word EVER in capital letters meant it'd happened more than once.

What bothered me most, wasn't the email so much.

In many ways, it spoke to the unbalance in my social responsiveness when it comes to technology.

Email, voice mail, text message, all of it can be too much.

Hence the reason I have no time for truly unnecessary pressures like Facebook and Twitter.

I try to pretend like I have it all under control, but I don't.

Each morning I sit down at my email, there is a new story pitch, an interview request, a new product to push.

I have to admit, the mail I tend to open first, are the ones coming with no stress.

The one my best friend is sending, or my boyfriend, or a relative.

That's not to say there are emails I never open.

I open them all...eventually.

Still, when there's an inbox with 2-300 new emails daily, opening ANY of them can be daunting.

I can't feel guilty about the fact that there's an individual who thinks I never answer email.
And hey, maybe they're not alone.

For every moment I'm not checking email and not on air.... I'm writing for a show, I'm looking at video, I'm meeting with producers, I'm mentoring a college student, I'm talking to a magazine, I'm judging contests, the list goes on.

I love my job.. but no, It does not allow me to sit at a desk all day and check an inbox.

I wish I could.

The truth is, if an email indicates in the subject line that its regarding a story, or an idea pitch (as this aforementioned email turned out to be) , it gets forwarded to a producer.

They book the show. They have the calendar.

Quite simply, if there are no available dates for booking, the idea is dead on arrival...but its saved for another time.

This system of doing things has served me well.

If I know one's email can better be served by another who can aptly handle it, l'll press forward.

My apologies to all who perhaps haven't heard back from me...or someone.
It is not my intention to ignore you.

Either I'm working on a response, don't have one yet, or haven't had the chance to read your mail.

But from here on out, just to be certain, I'll at least reply with a "thanks, I received your email!"

And THEN....

well,
who knows, from that point on.