Why Do People...

[AKAtude]

...continue to pass on useless e-mail chain letters/messages? I'm referring to the kind that says you will get money or gifts if you pass this on to a certain number of people, if you love God you will pass this on, or that Microsoft has a new tracking device and if you participate you will get something in return.

One of the local television stations did a story on several of the e-mail messages that were circulating to find out if there was any truth to them. They discovered each one was a hoax. I even heard of a website that lists whether or not an e-mail is a hoax or not.

I receive several of these e-mails a week, sometimes more than once from my friends or co-workers. Are people really that superstitious or just that naive? I just don't get it! I simply delete them because chances are, I've read it before or something very similar to it.