Pet peeves

We all have things that bother us. Some are very minor, like the way a person in my carpool slurps his coffee in the morning, or the hee-haw laugh another co-workers has. But some pet peeves are so offensive, I have to speak up.

What's got my panties in a wad, you ask?

e-mail signature lines.

hate 'em... with a passion.

Not all of them, mind you, just the real long ones.

I belong to a number of on-line loop groups. I get lots of e-mail from many different people. I detest signature lines that are longer than the post. Why does an author feel that she must list every book published in the last five years plus those books coming in the next five, plus all the blogs she posts on, plus her own website!

And I'm not exaggerating!!!

I'd post examples, but then I would be personally attacking an author and I don't want to do that.

All I'm asking is that writers are conscience of the length of their signature lines. If it's too long, I don't read it. And I suspect I'm not the only person in the world who feels this way.