Sensitivity is NOT a 4-letter word...or is it?

So, in all honesty, do you care where your name appears on a bulk email address list? Do you look to see who was listed in front of you, or behind? Do you think other people do?

See, I don't really give a flying fig and, in fact, never look (though now that I've given it this much thought I might!). Before marriage, I was a "Z". Back of the bus was my home. Marrying an "A" sent me soaring through the alphabetical ranks at a dizzying pace. I actually didn't respond the very first time I was called on first. "Couldn't be me, I'll be at the end!" My sister enlightened me to the fact that I was now at the top of the pile and that I should really pay more attention. Poor Jordan is just getting used to being the first called. "Do you think I'll have to go first for everything at school?" My point being, we are all used to our position in an alphabetical list.

Sending an email the other day to some of my women friends, I scanned my list wondering if I had missed anyone. Then I realized that I had put one of my very best friends at the end of the list. Could've left her there, but I didn't. I cut and pasted her to somewhere near the beginning. I don't keep an address book because of a fear of passing viruses around, so I just type in addresses as they pop into my head. Problem is, I didn't want her to think that I had thought of her last. Would she care? How about the person that replaced her in last place? I don't like her any less, but someone has to be last, right? I've spent an inordinate amount of time mulling this over...obviously without many other pressing things on my mind!

I think it's an over-sensitivity to people's feelings. Who gives a rip if they're at the end of the list and, if someone does, isn't it their problem rather than mine?

I now know why the "BCC" option was created for email. Now if I could only figure out how to use it!