Ah yes. 4H on 1000H.
I saw some one mention “magazines”. Does anyone have time to read all of the magazines, product literature, etc. etc. that they receive? I leave mine pile-up in my remote “mailbox”. When it gets too full one of our marketing staff who does not like to see my overflowing mailbox brings it over and places it on my desk. Usually in a few minutes I sort out a few items that I want to keep and the balance (about 98%) goes to the recycling bin. I do not reply to their urgent requests that I need to reply to continue to receive whatever the item is. I rarely take their circulation department calls now that I can see who is calling. When I do take the calls and tell them that I don’t want to receive whatever the publication is anymore because it goes directly into recycling - they ignore my request.
What a waste of money and postage, but it is the way that they make money. They need to show their advertisers that they have a following and readership even if it is a pile of carp!
Does anyone else have this problem or peeve?
If the circulation department does not remove you from the mail list, contact the publisher. That should take care of it, especially if the magazine is paying for print. Otherwise, for digital publications - create an autoreply that sends the magazine directly to trash and sends an email to publisher complaining.
I do not read all the magazines all the time, but can usually skim a magazine in about 10 minutes to stay up to date, and pull out articles and ads I need to read or file. I looked at 10 magazines this weekend, including a lot of trade pubs like Concrete Construction and Modern Steel. I would be lost without them.