I have a professional profile on Linked-In, primarily because I need some kind of online profile for my RL identity.

[I should note that ol' Lizbeth Marcs, my nom de Internet, has an online identity going back to Usenet days. My RL identity? Is barely a blip.]

In any case, this random person who I do not know, have never heard of, and lives nowhere near my geographic location randomly emailed me for "career advice" about becoming a technical-medical type-writer in a poorly worded, bad-grammar email several days ago. I should also mention that this individual is a recent graduate with a PhD.

Aaaaand that's all I know about him. Nothing else.

Now, as it so happens, I've, y'know, been just a tad busy between a tight deadline at work and the 'rents health issues and trying to get my life in order because I've been busy between work and the 'rents. I was planning on responding to him when I had the damn time to put together a thoughtful response, starting with, "I honestly can't give you any advice, except maybe you need to really improve your basic writing skills."

Of course, I was going to be more polite than that, but wording that kind of criticism takes some thought.

Well, not even a week goes by and I get a "Seeking Career Advice: 2nd Message" from the same guy. Yes. He actually titled it "2nd Message."

To make matters even worse, "2nd Message" is worded exactly the same as the first. No changes. At all. Just word-for-word the same message, like he couldn't be bothered to do more than just hit "send."

( Allow me a moment to wham my head against a desktop. )

Sorry for the rant. It's just that I know so many people who are getting their assess kicked because of the economy — either because they're unemployed, underemployed, or overemployed (because they're doing more than one job at work) — but who manage to at least adhere to the minimum of netiquette and etiquette.

Then this little twit....

*grumble growl snarl*

It really set me off.

ETA: Ooops. It set me off more than I thought, because I did email Mr. Entitlement a shorter version of the above rant.