Stop Spying on Me!
A friend sent an email the other day, panicking about whether people were getting her emails or not? Her reason for thinking they were not going through? She was not getting the ‘read receipts’ back.
I laughed so hard! I am one of the people she is always sending these read receipts to and every time when it asks me if it’s okay to send a receipt I say No.
Why? I guess I feel it’s an invasion of my privacy. I feel it’s no one else’s business when I read the emails sent to me.
It’s not like I avoid my inbox. It pretty much rules my life as a virtual assistant and without I would have a very hard time working with clients. I have a schedule for that as well as time and work every day.
When she and I spoke about it and she was trying to understand why I always hit no. I realized that it always came back to the privacy issue. Nothing else…
What is your take on read receipts? Do you click yes or no? I’d love to know if I am the only one with this viewpoint.
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Interesting post!
Yes, I usually do hit the reply button but it depends on who it’s from. Business associate via personal contact.
To be honest I don’t receive that many of them anymore as I think most people find it a pain in the butt to receive them so they don’t use them either.
I like your ‘take’ on the matter though – I never thought of it that way!
Kathy,
I am not a fan of the read receipt. Many people who send me emails include them, and I say no every time as well. I don’t know if it’s a privacy thing with me, but it annoys me when that little box pops up. I rely on email to do my job, as you do, so I am very good to respond to people when they email me. I wonder,though, if it bothers them that they don’t get read confirmations from me? I never thought about it!
I actually have my Outlook setting to never reply to receipt requests, so I never even see them! They are annoying and, like you, if I want to read my email at 2 AM or 2 PM, it’s no one’s business!