I've Got A Big Gripe Today

By Jim Whelan, The Joan Randall Agency

Friday, July 27, 2007

Last night I watched a show with a bunch ofcomedians griping about everything under the sun,and it got me thinking...

Today I was reading my email, and now I have agripe.

I subscribe to a pretty good number of daily emailsfrom a number of talented writers who have opinionson just about anything you can think of. Occassionallyone of the them will deliver a true gem, something thatshould be read by everyone I know.

I will often forward that to a good number of people, andsome will read it and some won't, but thatz the way thecookie crumbles.

But here's my gripe. I like to make copies of really goodemails, and I have a special file for them in my desk. Ilike to re-read them at my leisure, and some of them Iwill read over and over, just to make sure that informationsticks. I dislike doing this on the computer, and like tohold the written word in my hands.

I have talked to a number of others who feel exactly thesame way. They don't like to read long emails on thecomputer, preferring as I do to print them out.

Here is my bitch specifically. You have these greatopinions on the net, but when you go to print them out,the margins are all screwed up and do not print the articleor opinion so that it can be read on paper.

Here's my advice.

If you have the technology to put up a great website, youcan easily program the site to print a readable article.

Fix the friggin margins so that people who get sick of readingon their computer can read your work. It's good work and wewant to read it, but this friggin margin thing drives us crazy!

If you want us to keep reading, make it so!

From the big saddle,
Jim Whelan