Please allow a short vent

[bill_schubert]

The PC was first created in its embryonic form in about 1975.  That means people have had 45 years to learn the basics.  Email was invented six years before that.

The BCC function was created in 1977.

I'm six days short of my 67th birthday and have now officially run out of patience with people not understanding how to use a PC, email, cc and bcc.  And pretty much any other function that is part of the normal use of a computer.

This brief rant stems from a conversation I had with a business person who was reporting on someone who had sent out an announcement to 50+ people using CC and was not happy when a couple of them replied negatively including all in the CC group.  When I said it was the originators fault for not using BCC in the first place I heard the oft repeated phrase: 'well, he doesn't know much about computers'.

NO, NO a thousand times no.

He does not have an excuse.  He is lazy and a victim of his laziness.

Stop making excuses for people who are too lazy to properly use a hammer and end up with a bruised thumb.

Thank you.  I feel better now.

Comments

[susandennis]

May everyone hear and understand this. I don't know nuthin bout birthin no babies has not been a valid excuse in forever.

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Amen

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I understand the point you're making; but, many of us in our age group who enjoyed non-corporate careers, were late to the game. I did not get my first computer until 1994 when I was on tour in "Phantom of the Opera". It was a MAC because all of the lighting and sound cues were done on MACS and I figured I could ask the technicians for help. I sat down in front of my first PC 20 years ago and it was night and day in terms of email, basic cues and shortcuts. I've had little exposure to Excel, Microsoft Office and other PC programs. I did master three or four proprietary databases, but it doesn't come easily to me.

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

I agree BCC is such a simple thing but people do what is easiest for them. It drives me nuts as well.