REALLY!

I love you, Gmail. I love your great spam filters and ever-expanding storage. I love that my e-mail always looks professional with your name on the end. But you're disappointing me.

Checking my e-mail, I noticed a new feature called Gmail Autopilot by CADIE. Google offers this rationalization for this horrid aberration: "As more and more everyday communication takes place over email, lots of people have complained about how hard it is to read and respond to every message. This is because they actually read and respond to all their messages."

They continue with "How does Gmail mirror my communication style?
The more Gmail messages Autopilot can sample, the better. With fewer than 100 messages, there may not be enough data to calibrate Autopilot effectively. You can adjust tone, typo propensity, and preferred punctuation from the Autopilot tab under Settings."

In the immortal words of Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler, REALLY! Have we really gotten so lazy that we can't be bothered to reply to co-workers and bosses about projects, answer questions from clients, RSVP to friends and family, or even tell well-intentioned e-mail forwarders please to stop sending ridiculous chain letters and bogus urban legends?

It's true that we get really busy; for my part, I have entirely too many messages I haven't read (NOT personal messages, but e-newsletters and daily tips). But don't you think the people closest to us deserve personal attention, even of the cyber variety?

Please tell me I'm not the only one who feels this way.