How could I not blog this?
Loss of e-mail ‘worse than divorce’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3104889.stmElectronic mail is playing such a key role in companies that most people start to get annoyed after just 30 minutes without e-mail access, a study found. And when something goes wrong with e-mail for a week, the experience can be more traumatic that moving home, getting married or divorce, at least for a third of those taking part in the survey.
It reminds me of the “purity test” (or was it the “geek test”). There was a question “if you wake up at 3am and go to the bathroom, do you check your email on the way back?”