Is anyone OCD like me and just can't have unread messages?

[Syringer]

So I have a weird obsession with marking every message I have in my gmail, outlook, phone, RSS reader, facebook notications, etc. read, even if it's spam and not worth reading at all.

It then really bothers when I see someone open their inbox up and there are messages that are unread. No matter how worthless it is or how unnecessary it is to open mark it as read, I just can't have something that's not being read..anyone else this way?

 

[KLin]

That's not OCD. Cleaning your apartment 5 times a day is OCD.

 

[Platypus]

I am, can't stand unread messages.

I don't read ones I know are crap though, just check them and do 'mark as read'

 

[jagec]

If it's spam, I delete it right away unopened. Otherwise I read it. But yeah, I hate having unopened, undeleted, unread messages sitting around. If I get the "You have X new messages" window, I want them to be NEW.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Platypus
I am, can't stand unread messages.

I don't read ones I know are crap though, just check them and do 'mark as read'

 

[GeekDrew]

I hate messages that are marked as unread... kinda. I used to hate having any unread messages, so I would read everything (or just delete it, if its junk), and that would be that. I forced myself to get over that, by marking messages unread when there is something in the message that I still have to address. For example, if I get an email from some company reminding me that my bill is available online, or that a payment is due, I'll read the message, and then mark it as unread until I've paid the bill. I just remember how many messages are marked as unread in each folder, and if the number increments, I attack it like an angry bulldog. Note that this also provides more motivation to me to address issues, bills, anything really, than I think anything else ever has -- because I'll have a "clean" mailbox when everything is taken care of.

 

[RapidSnail]

I can't stand unfinished messages.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Fack that...too much spam to bother. But considering it's gmail, I don't even bother opening/cleaning that folder unless I don't receive something I was expecting (which has never happened). I also have an "Adds" folder, to which plenty of adds and notices I've intentionally signed up for are filtered....I seldom look in there as well.

 

[SaltBoy]

At work, I read every e-mail I get ASAP and try to reply ASAP, even if it's a "I'll get to you later" note. I hate it when others take two days to even acknowledge my notes...

 

[DrVos]

I have 358 unread messages currently sitting in my Gmail account. Meh.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I can't stand having unread messages. Especially because it just seems so unclean when my little Gmail icon thingy keeps flashing blue.

My friend has over 1500 unread messages 0_o

 

[Ryan]

Eh - they can wait - along with the 16 voicemails I have.

 

[Hyperlite]

yeah i can't stand it. i just stay on top of it so they don't pile up.

 

[RossMAN]

Unfinished kleenex tissues

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: RapidSnail
I can't stand unfinished messages.

Why is tha

 

[exar333]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy
At work, I read every e-mail I get ASAP and try to reply ASAP, even if it's a "I'll get to you later" note. I hate it when others take two days to even acknowledge my notes...

God, can you come work where i do!!??

I am the same way; i got a response back from a Oct 07 email a few days ago from my boss. it wasnt urgent but still, unread that long!!?? Damn...

 

[nageov3t]

as far as my inbox is concerned, I either read it immediately or trash it... I don't read things that I trash, and I'll just empty my trash folder every couple days.

if something gets plonked into a filter, I let it sit there for a bit depending on what it is (crap like mailing lists I'll just sit down and read all at once like once a week)

 

[warmodder]

Same. I do it with text messages which sucks because it actually costs money. Just kind of a weird habit I guess.

 

[rocadelpunk]

i was till i went on vacation. now i have about 500 unread and i don't want to bother : (

 

[Throwmeabone]

I am like that too, but I don't think it's OCD. I just like having an empty inbox. What about archiving messages in Gmail? It's the whole point of having all the storage space and search in Gmail, but a lot of people I know have never archived any messages.