Is everyone Reading ?

In the task bar on the right side corner of my machine in office, appears one tiny envelope, indicating I have a new mail in my outlook, thankfully I don’t have those that were showed in the movie “U’ve got mail”, starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks which graphically says “ U’vvve gotta New Mailllll “ with a sound TINNNNNGGG!. The thought of it being a work related email arises only for a mere millisecond but the thought of it being a much so called internet fwd rules over it. So then I open it to much of my delight that indeed it is an internet fwd. Internet fwds have been a common pastime for all we outlook users( or rather internet users) who have the MS outlook open forever on their machines as long as they r on their desk. What you get in these fwds are varied forms of expressions, information, do n don’ts, a hello fwd, a good morning fwd, it’s the weekend fwd, and the list goes on till eternity. What makes us read these fwds? The first thing that comes to my mind is inquisitiveness, hell we all are inquisitive about what’s going to be inside of that email. Be it of great importance or rather just a blonde joke, as long as there is a mail fwd from an acquaintance, it needs an opening. Sometimes though, I wonder if some emails need a Grand Red Carpet Opening. Ha !

Many a times than not, most of the emails are nothing but some passing chain of crap which comes bundled and covered with the best wrapping paper u could ever imagine. Or sometimes you receive a fwd of some insane incidents happening in some bizarre place in the universe and then u come across it again claiming that it happened in your neighborhood, I pray, God have mercy. This takes me to the thought of the originator or shall we call him “ Mr. Jack Ass “ of such emails; sure does the person need help I wonder. But nevertheless some of the fwds are ridiculously funny, creative and etc. So then comes a point, where each of us, the smart ass of all, needs to be vigilant of what he/she grabs into his life. There indeed comes a time where one needs to decide for himself the difference. The difference between what? The difference between your willingness to accept and what not to accept. There is always a thin line between the truth and fiction, in cases, where you aren’t the performer, but just the audience for such a performance. To applaud such a performance lies within us, to applaud for oneself coz random it is that the next person who would receive such information doesn’t care about the person sending it to him. Arguably in some cases yes but more than often it is a no.

A honest case in a world of today gets lost within the very diasporas of such smart ass vigilant audience, who for the smart ass they are tend to make the wrong decisions. Decisions where one could have a possible contribution towards achieving or rather giving contemporary happiness to ones that matter and of course to the ones that don’t matter. But for the short term individualistic gains that we are known for we don’t, because after all its just a piece information that could be incorrect coz of our assumption. So what does this all bring to? That information be withheld? Or we continue to admire and applaud without making a difference? Well I certainly don’t have the answers yet for sure, so I continue to open every tiny envelope that pops up at my task bar and so shall Mr. Jack Ass.