FOR the more relaxed among us the sight of a notification of an unopened text or email is no big deal.
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For others who live their lives somewhere on the OCD spectrum the very notion of not immediately filing or deleting any electronic message is the stuff of nightmares.
For one Orange woman, leaving emails unopened and undeleted has turned into a badge of honour, one which she has no hesitation using to unsettle her more finicky friends.
In a post to her Facebook page on Friday she proudly showcased her effort, exclaiming “I've done it, I've finally reached a clean 40,000 unopened emails”.
It had the desired effect, with one of the replies reading “I can't even look at that”.