
Now, over the years, more and more people have got access to emails. Each and every one of my customers has my email address, and a small minority of these customers think that because it's the first time they've seen the email about boycotting Esso or Shell, this will genuinely reduce the cost of petrol. I still have an email along these lines quoting how petrol was a truly disgraceful 59p a litre, and by boycotting these garages we can get it back to a more civilised 54p.
I have also had a chuckle at the *genuine* letters to councils about certain domestic malfunctions like the woman who needs her back passage unblocked or the person who wishes to remove their drawers in the kitchens. I have seen the remarkable ice sculptures, and the video of the dog that skateboards. I have removed any trace of a file in Windows following the advice that it's a virus, whereas in reality it's an essential part of windows networking. I have diligently avoided any emails with 'I Love you' in the subject header. I have forwarded my email address to all my friends so that Bill Gates will give me a fraction of his vast fortune, and I have filled out the memes that ask me what I last ate and whether I'm sweet or savoury.
Quite frankly, I'm fed up with these emails. And yet, I still get them when I ask people not to send them. I've seen them before, but because they haven't, they must be new to me. I now have a deliberate spam filter, to remove these emails.
Am I turning into a grumpy old man?