So I get this email from a co-worker the other day asking me about something. The content of the email is fine, but the way it looks is hideous. He used some fucked up font with color with bolding WITH a small size. It looked like this:

Hey Brian: Since you are the smartest guy in the world, will you look into this for me? Thanks.

Reading his email reminded me of those posters that if you stared long enough at them, you'd see some hidden image. I had to cut and paste his email into plain text just the read the damn thing.

When I replied to tell him I'd look into what he wanted, I offered the following piece of advice:

Dude...about your email...the font, coupled with the size and color, make it very difficult to read and hard on the eyes.

So I'm not Mr. Super Professional. Sue me.

When he replied, it looked like this:

Thanks for looking into this for me. And thanks for the feedback about my email.

As Mark would say, *blank stare*.

Okay first off, is it fucking Christmas already? What's with the red and green? Also, he wears glasses, so you'd think he'd want to make his emails easier to read or at least...oh...I don't know....MIMIC THE BAZILLION OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMPANY AND USE THE DEFAULT FONT! (At least he's easy on the eyes.)

So I replied back saying, "Please tell me you are joking with this font." and he replies back, "You don't like it? It's cute and fun." I then asked if they still made magnifying glasses and he made some weird joke how they aren't just for "frying ants" anymore and with that, I gave it up and now I leave you with this thought: Have a good weekend.