Does a Lame E-Mail Address Really Matter? 1049
theodp writes "Over at the Chicago Tribune, freelance writer Nancy Anderson makes an embarrassing confession. It's 2010 and she still has an AOL e-mail address. 'You've got to get rid of that AOL address,' her publicist sister told her five years ago. 'It's bad for your image.' Image, shmimage, Anderson thought. 'If I do good work,' she asks, 'does my e-mail address really matter?' Good question. Would an AOL e-mail address — or another 'toxic' e-mail address — influence your decision to hire someone?"
hell no! (Score:5, Funny)
turdeater@sexual-perverts.net
Just you wait, AOL will come back into style (Score:4, Funny)
Maybe (Score:5, Funny)
Am I looking for a Cobol programmer or a .Net developer?
Re:yes (Score:5, Funny)
Sincerely
iamapizza@BySendingYouThisEmailIHerebyConfirmYourAwesomeness.com
Re:Not the domain (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, the best example of this I've heard didn't come from an application I was processing myself. It was one my dad received, for an engineering position in his small business. The e-mail address was cokefiend@isp.com
Needless to say, the applicant didn't get the job. However, this being a small business (where people tend to worry a bit less about form and procedure), the rejection letter included the following line:
"PS. I prefer Pepsi myself"
Re:Actually yes -- in some cases (Score:5, Funny)
i can go one better - an attorney client has on his business cards name@laywers.com. except that the correct domain is lawyer.com. so every time he gives out a card he takes a pen and scratches out the 's'. yeah, that looks professional.
Re:yes (Score:5, Funny)
hey! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The real problem is often what the username is (Score:4, Funny)
something embarrassing before that @aol.com bit, like p4rtyg1rl69 or phillygansta92
TOTALLY EMBARRASING. Thus, I'd immediately 1) delete the mail from phillygangsta92 and 2) forward p4rtyg1rl69 to my personal e-mail account.
Nobody takes any notice- anon@biggotsfortheKKK.com (Score:2, Funny)
Nobody judges me by my email address
Re:hey! (Score:5, Funny)
holy shit it's you.
Re:yes (Score:3, Funny)
Me too.
Re:yes (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not the domain (Score:3, Funny)
However, this being a small business (where people tend to worry a bit less about form and procedure), the rejection letter included the following line:
"PS. I prefer Pepsi myself"
Talking about worrying less about form and procedure.
When in college, I got a job offer which looked a lot like spam, including sentences like "an offer you can't refuse". Being the spontaneous type, I replied with a courteous: "Quit your spam, you ****sucking dope-snivelling ass*******".
I received a courteous reply back, saying it concerned a genuine job offer which ended with a "PS: we've got a big black man waiting for you in a dark closet".
Re:yes (Score:4, Funny)
Me too.
tl;dr
Re:yes (Score:5, Funny)
Lame addresses:
imalamer@aol.com
wtf@sex.com
dumbass67@dipshits.org
8675309@tmobile.com
urndrarrest@fbi.gov
throwingchairs@microsoft.com
cowboyneal@slashdot.org
Re:yes (Score:5, Funny)
I really want an @compuserve.com email address. Retro-cool.
U WANT RETRO, GET BIFF@BIT.NET [wikipedia.org]!
0xB1FF
Re:yes (Score:3, Funny)
I agree.
-919192348@compuserve.com
Re: Okay (Score:5, Funny)
"President@whitehouse.gov"
Re:yes (Score:5, Funny)
Your mom does.
Re:yes (Score:5, Funny)
*@aol.com instantly kicks in my "dumbass...." reflex,
And that was true at one time. But now it's almost like an internet antique. A retro fashion statement more than a declaration of internet arrested development.
Re:yes (Score:5, Funny)
Re:yes (Score:2, Funny)
Is the Alyssa Milano naked photo queue?
Me too.
beefy@upenn.edu
Re: Okay (Score:4, Funny)
or
"President@whitehouse.com"
might get you in the door faster.
Re:hey! (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, I've actually done a comic (http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1416) on this subject! I'm firmly in the "I'd rather you have a cool email address then a suck-up one" camp.
Funny, but could you provide an XKCD reference instead? =)
Re:yes (Score:2, Funny)
See, now that's funny, in a 1995 kind of way.
Re:Oh please. (Score:3, Funny)
Oh and don't get me started on people with the first name of 'Ignatius'. Arseholes the lot of them (well all 3 that I've dealt with in 9 years were, and that's enough of a pattern for me)
Re:yes (Score:4, Funny)
Newsflash, he just bought the company you work for, and he's outsourcing the IT.
Actually... (Score:4, Funny)
I won't show up to an interview with a cravat, but I do wear a top hat and bridge coat when I walk to work in the winter. It's quite a bit of fun. I work at a CPA firm.
Old school addresses (Score:2, Funny)
UUCP: {world}!ucbvax!ucscc!ucscb!aaronrp
Re:yes (Score:3, Funny)
Re:yes (Score:5, Funny)
Re:yes (Score:2, Funny)
Re:yes (Score:3, Funny)
Is the Alyssa Milano naked photo queue?
LoL, o yes good times...
You damn whippersnapper today just don't understand how good ya got it. In my day there was only two types of porn; ugly ass amateurs, porn magazine scans and screen captures from shitty Alyssa Milano movies. And all where in 256 colors if you where lucky. Ok so sure there were really three types but don't question your elders son. No respect having little bastards..
Re:yes (Score:3, Funny)
You can also use your webspace to inject malware and key-loggers onto potential employers computers so you're never out of the loop on whether you're getting that job!
Re:Actually... (Score:3, Funny)
I don't suppose you also snub beggar children on the street with the phrase "humbug" as well?