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Comment (05/09/2008) Job well done! :)
Dear Daniel & Lisa Anne,
I'm a freaquent reader of your site since I've come accross it some months ago. Even though I've never submitted to your website, I find it very interesting and informative. I must admit I was horrified to come accross your Nasty Reader Awards tonight however and had to speak up. To think people still behave this way is absolutely unthinkable. They think nothing of sending such insulting e-mails and have no patience what-so-ever without even knowing who they're speaking to. Thinking since they don't know you and will never have to face you, then there's no consequence or reason to feel any remorse for their rude behavior! It's embarrassing. So I wanted to let you ladies know how much I appreciate your hard work and devotion to your site and your fans. Even though you have such demandig carreers (which I'm sure take up most of your time to begin with) you still find time for your loyal (and not so loyal) fans. Well done ladies! Keep up the good work!
Val
Thank your for your thoughtful letter Val, but the last we checked, Daniel was still a man. Your theory of face to face confrontation stretches much wider than just the internet. We have long believed that people feel isolated while driving their motor vehicles, and this isolation contributes to road rage. We personally always seek eye contact when attempting to change lanes in a difficult traffic snarl since many drivers tend to ignore a turn signal, but will rarely ignore a face with a pointing finger. Modern day warfare is another excellent example of what can happen when we lose touch of the fact that people are individuals.
Third
Recipient: Nasty Reader Award
(05/04/2008) (no subject)
thanks for nothing asshole
Jen Cifone
babygunit20012003@yahoo.com
(05/03/2008) (no subject)
i was wondering if u could tell me what this bug is i looked
online and couldnt find it the pics arent very good because
the bugs would not stop moveing im not sure if its a worm
or laravae but i was hopeing maby you could help they keep
crawling up our drain and into our bathtube and we would
really like to know what we are dealing with if you could
reply as soon as possible that would be great thank you.
jen cifone
babygunit20012003@yahoo.com
Dear Jen Cifone,
When we opened your email today, we couldn't imagine what
we had done to deserve such a vehement response coupled with
such a strong personal insult. Rarely do we encounter such
bitterness in our readership. We searched our email inbox
and found the query your wrote the day before and can only
deduce that your anger stems from the fact that you did not
get a response from us within 24 hours. We will now attempt
to remedy that oversight. Your photo is out of focus and is
totally useless for identification purposes. We do, however,
have some personal advice for you. You might consider going
back to school to learn how to write and spell as your communication
skills are clearly lacking. Your grammar is atrocious and
we have no idea what a bathtube is. While you are improving
your basic skills, you might want to consider enrolling in
a photography class so you can take images that will be helpful
for any further identifications you desire. You might also
want to consider rounding out your re-education by enrolling
in an etiquette class. That will probably also benefit you
greatly. On a positive note, you have been awarded our Third
Ever Nasty Reader Award. Congratulations.
Additionally, we will open the identification of your mysterious
blurry creature to our readership, who may have suggestions
or general comments to pass your way. By all means readership,
write to Jen Cifone at babygunit20012003@yahoo.com
and tell her what you think.
Ed. Note: We seriously believe that Jen Cifone
has a bet going that she could win the Nasty
Reader Award. We can't imagine anyone composing her original
letter with such blatant disregard for the English language
nor anyone with half a brain thinking they could get that
blurry photo identified.
Reader Comment
(05/05/2008)
Please don't drink so much whilst photographing bugs, and
try to drink even less when emailing. These guys are really
busy and while they have a great sense of humor (they still
accept email from me!) they will only laugh if you tell them
that you were just trying to be funny. Which I hope was the
case because you really can't be serious with that photo.
And if the second email was from your drunk boyfriend, I'd
view this as a red flag.
cw
Update: (05/05/2008) Fuzzy Tubeworms
OMFG!! RUN!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! ok, a slow walk would
be fine...they aren't very fast. I think she has FUZZYTUB
WORMS ! They are often mis-identified as "Fuzzy tube worms"
but those are believed to be extinct due to over harvesting
of the fuzz for ladies hats back in the 1920's and cheap gin
(if you could call it that) during prohibition. A sad, sad
story, but I digress.... If this truly IS a fuzzytub worm
(timeto scrubthetubus ), she needs to get into rehab NOW as
things will only get worse. "Prickly True Wheel Bugs" will
be spotted next and if so, may God help her as their sting
is absolutely annoying if even noticed by the poor bite victim.
Next of course comes the dreaded "Pink Elephant" which although
not a bug in any sense, the doctors in rehab can charge the
patient or their insurance company three times the rate of
Prickly True Wheel Bugs (the standard purple PTWB or the less
common "Arisaid Hebridean" Tartan dress plaid PTWB.) But then,
if she had a Arsaid Hebridean PTWB she'd be a millionaire
and insurance wouldn't matter now, would it? Ah, never mind.
She deserves what she gets. Mean girl. Oh, $#!* (edited for
content). I'm out of wine. Well, it's time to go to bed
anyway. Much love!
Joanne
Near Chicago
Comment (05/09/2008)
Job well done! :)
Dear Daniel & Lisa Anne,
I'm a freaquent reader of your site since I've come accross it some months ago. Even though I've never submitted to your website, I find it very interesting and informative. I must admit I was horrified to come accross your Nasty Reader Awards tonight however and had to speak up. To think people still behave this way is absolutely unthinkable. They think nothing of sending such insulting e-mails and have no patience what-so-ever without even knowing who they're speaking to. Thinking since they don't know you and will never have to face you, then there's no consequence or reason to feel any remorse for their rude behavior! It's embarrassing. So I wanted to let you ladies know how much I appreciate your hard work and devotion to your site and your fans. Even though you have such demandig carreers (which I'm sure take up most of your time to begin with) you still find time for your loyal (and not so loyal) fans. Well done ladies! Keep up the good work!
Val
Thank your for your thoughtful letter Val, but the last we checked, Daniel was still a man. Your theory of face to face confrontation stretches much wider than just the internet. We have long believed that people feel isolated while driving their motor vehicles, and this isolation contributes to road rage. We personally always seek eye contact when attempting to change lanes in a difficult traffic snarl since many drivers tend to ignore a turn signal, but will rarely ignore a face with a pointing finger. Modern day warfare is another excellent example of what can happen when we lose touch of the fact that people are individuals.
Second
Recipient: Nasty Reader Award
(08/10/2007) thanks for the follow up
Sorry I wasted my time thinking you would help like your site
says. Not even a return email, or even an automated response.
sad Thought you were a legitimate site
Dawnobxjdb4@aol.com
Dear Dawn,
Congratulations, you are the recipient of our Nasty Reader
Award. Our readership understands that we are not able to
respond to each of the 100 or more emails we receive daily.
We do not give automated responses. We give our readership
personal attention as much as we are able. Additionally, we
lost internet access due to Time Warner outages in our area
several times in the past few weeks, which increased our workload
when service returned. Others of our readers have resubmitted
a request, sometimes several times before we were able to
devote attention to their queries. Had you resubmitted a letter
and an image, you might be getting an identification right
now, but then you would not be gracing our homepage with your
Nasty Reader Award. We are guessing that your email address
is computer shorthand for Dawn Obnoxious. Perhaps our readership
would like to email you some of their thoughts at Dawnobxjdb4@aol.com
(08/10/2007) Our Readership Responds
(08/10/2007) Dawn Obnoxious
Sure, sic us on her! We'll put our arm in a fire up to here
for you any day! (pointing to the first knuckle on her right
pinky finger)
Joanne
Get a Grip!
Does your mommy know that you're playing with the computer?
Where did you EVER get the idea that you were so special?
If you think you're so entitled to get special treatment on
the internet, what are you like in real life? "Sorry I wasted
my time thinking you would help like your site says."
Uh, you're wasting your time being on the internet period.
FF
(08/10/2007)
Dawn,
Maybe you don't realize the "What's That Bug" website is run
by two teachers and they field question from everywhere in
the world. Considering we humans have identified about 20%
of all the earths insects and there are about 6 billion people,
you can see how they may not be able to answer every single
question. They are good people who like bugs. Not to mention
patient, too. I offer the fact they answer the same House
Centipede and Cob Web Spider over and over and over as proof.
I ask you to please be patient, also. Sometimes you have
to submit the same photo two or three times. While you're
waiting for a reply, I suggest you browse through the hundreds
of pictures already posted. (The menu is on the left) There
you will find pictures of many bugs and maybe find the answer
to your question. Good luck to you. And no, I am not affiliated
with them in any other way then actually getting a photo on
the site.
CW
Dawn responds to previous emails
(08/10/2007) setting me straight
Thank you for the additional feedback. My apologies, I thought
I had contacted a larger firm. In this instant information
age , it seems anyone and everyone has a site, and the managing
of said sites can be overwhelming. In the future I shall research
a little more before just contacting on a whim. Good luck
to those two ladies and their site.
Regards,
JC
Pat comes to our Defense
(08/13/2007) obnoxious letter to 'what'sthatbug.com'
Just wanted to forward this to you and to let you know you
have one of the best websites I have ever visited and appreciate
your effort to answer as many questions as you can...or check
with your 'experts' if you don't know...thank you again for
such a great service....
Pat,
Hawk Point, MO
Even tho' you must not understand that you are not the only
person in the world, and that there is no way any web site
could reply to every submission they recieve ,you surely can
see that Daniel and Lisa Anne choose very carefully and thoughtfully
so as to generate the most information about the hundreds
of thousands of bugs and insects, etc. in our world their
readers have questions about. I am stunned that anyone could
find fault with such an outstanding and informative site.
If they don't have the information or knowledge, they query
an expert in that field, or recommed a web site to peruse.
I'm sure I am not the only one who gives thanks for this
highly informative and lovely website. Hope your day gets
better, 'cause I can tell by your letter it's not too good
right now....
Update: Reader Wants Book Thrown at Us!!!
(04/05/2008) Nasty Reader Award
For being educated women, your behavior in giving and posting
your abusive rant against a reader who made an insulting comment
is reprehensible. It was immature and spiteful. Inviting
other viewers to contact the women you are angry with is vengeful
and abusive. You should be charged for your violation of
these women's privacy. I hope they contact the police and
your internet provider and although you are providing a valuable
service, I hope your site gets shut down until the two of
you grow up or learn some mediation skills. Shame on you
for abusing your position.
Hi Terah (name taken from email address but not signed
on anonymous email),
We will not be posting your email address to sic our readership
on you directly, but we want to come to our own defense in
this matter. It seems you want the book thrown at us and feel
the judge should show no mercy. We never invaded anyone's
privacy. We did not seek out any random person to have an
"abusive rant against." People who write to our site do so
with the understanding that letters are posted. If someone
writes to us, we feel we have the right to respond, and our
forum for response is an online posting. We are not cyber-stalking
anyone, merely responding to a letter. We doubt that the cyber-police,
the LAPD in our local station, nor our internet provider will
find anything illegal in what we have done. We are providing
a free and entertaining service, and we resent being attacked.
People who want their privacy maintained should not be sending
virulent emails to websites, and if they do, they need to
accept the consequences of FREE SPEECH, our first amendment
in case you are not educated enough to know about it. Regarding
our maturity or lack thereof, we have always believed that
a certain amount of immaturity is the key to youth.
First
Ever: Nasty Reader Award
Hawthorn Shieldbug: Concise answer results in virulent response
Real culprit is cad of a boyfriend!!!!!
(Mother's Day 05/13/2007) Bug ID Request
Hi Bugman,
I live in Glasgow, Scotland, and I am moving house next week
and picked up some boxes from my local supermarket for packing
purposes.Theseboxes appear to have originated in the Cameroons
and Costa Rica. This morning I awoke to the bug below sauntering
around on my window blinds. After taking these snaps I set
it free out of the window, however would be very interested
to know what type of bug this was and if it could have arrived
in the boxes.Can you help?
Lorna
stink bug, probably local
Re: Bug ID Request
Well thank you for the thorough reply. I have spent the whole
afternoon wondering what the BUG MAN was going to say to me.
I told all my friends about you and everything. I'm now feeling
rather sorry for myself and the $20 paypal donation that I
was going to send your way can now take a hike! 3 hours ago
I thought "the bug man rocks" - now I think "the bug
man SUCKS"! Keep up the good work..... LOSER!
Lorna Easton
Ed. Response: Here at What's That Bug?
we can only post a small fraction of the submissions that
come our way. In addition to posting to our site, we also
send a personal email to the querent. In an effort to assist
as many of our curious readers as possible, we sometimes respond
personally without posting our answers. These answers are
generally concise, to the point, and answer the questions
posed. Lorna requested an identification as well as information
regarding her insect's origin. We answered both questions
and do not feel we deserved the virulent, hateful and insultory
response we got from what evidence indicates might be a malcontent.
In an effort to be more thorough, we now believe this is a
Hawthorn Shieldbug, Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale, as evidenced
by this link.
The family Acanthosomatidae or Shield Bugs and the family
Pentatomidae or Stink Bugs are closely related and both in
the superfamily Pentatomoidea. Stink Bugs and Shield Bugs
are easily confused. Please email Lorna Easton at (censored)
and tell her what you think. Remember What's That Bug? is
a public service that does not profit from this column.
And the Public Weighs In
Here are some of the emails we were copied on when our kind
and faithful readers responded to Lorna.
(05/14/2007) I hope that nasty email didn't rattle you too
much
I sent her this reply. "You're lucky they answered your
email at all. They receive hundreds of ID requests a day.
They are also both teachers, and provide US with the service
of this webpage. You need a lesson in manners. Would you treat
your parents the way you acted toward Lisa Ann and Daniel?
If so, I'm surprised you're still above ground." Please know
that there are many of us out here that appreciate what you
do with your web page. We also know that you have full time
jobs, and this is something that you do for an art project
with no monetary compensation. It also provides us with knowledge
and information about all these wonderful creatures. I get
upset when I see a letter like this, as I've seen a few others
on your site resembling this one. Not all people are self-centered
and absorbed as this person is. I check your webpage every
day, and I just LOVE IT! When you were on vacation last year
in Ohio picking tomatoes, I emailed you telling you of my
withdrawal pains,(no new pics-lol) and you sent me a wonderful
email. Keep up the good work, Lisa and Daniel. Regards,
Sueann Juzwiak
(05/14/2007) Your bug
Does your mommy know you are on the internet? Your email to
"What's That Bug?" makes me think you are about 12 years old.
Thanks for the laugh, anyway. Next time, do your own damn
homework.
CW (not affiliated with WTB in any way, shape, or form - just
a frequent reader)
Lorna responds: (05/14/2007)
Hi, I am utterly horrified that you have received such an
email. This was not sent by me but by my extremely rude and
unprincipled boyfriend who has been told exactly what I think
of him. It is completely unacceptable that you received such
an offensive response when you were helping me in your own
time to answer my query I cannot apologise enough and I am
going to make him make a donation to your organisation or
whatever charity you would wish funds to go to - please let
me know. Once again my sincere apologies,
Lorna
Dear Lorna,
Thank you for writing back to clear up this gross misunderstanding.
Please choose some local environmental charity for your donation
and then kick that cad of a boyfriend to the curb. We would
also strongly recommend changing your password. In lieu of
the misunderstanding, we will remove your email address from
the posting on our site so our devoted readership, many of
whom will act like a mother bear defending her cubs on our
behalf, will no longer be able to inundate you with their
private thoughts.
P.S. Your (hopefully) former boyfriend is still the recipient
of the First Ever Nasty Reader Award.
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