Nataly 38 #1 May 16, 2010 At my last company, everyone was forced to go on an email training course.. At first I thought it sounded stupid, but I wish every business forced their employees to go on that course! My personal pet peeves include: 1-REPLY-ALL ARRGH! I stopped having anything to do with the message 30 emails ago - *someone* please stop the madness!! 2-I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE EMAILING ME I especially hate LOOOONG emails that seem to have no point.. It's simple.. Just tell me (briefly) what the problem is and what you want me to do about it! 3-SPAM Just can't stand it. Especially when I've told people to stop sending junk, and they just keep thinking I will find "this joke" really funny. It's not funny. It's wasting my time. 4-INAPPROPRIATE USE OF EMAIL Have people forgotten how to walk across the hall or pick up the phone? If it's tricky or delicate or complicated, it needs to be *discussed*. A 5 minute conversation could prevent me playing email tennis for the next 3 days trying to *reach* an agreement. If you want written evidence, try a conversation, followed by an email that summarises what was agreed. Job done. Sometimes I think it must be properly horrifying to work in something like PR, where I can imagine this is a massive problem.. I don't think I would be able to cope with thousands of emails coming at me every day!! EEek! What about everyone else? Are emails manageable at work or do they just drive you mad??"There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #2 May 16, 2010 Quote1-REPLY-ALL 2-I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE EMAILING ME 3-SPAM 4-INAPPROPRIATE USE OF EMAIL 5 - People who post stuff about their genitalia. wtf. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #3 May 16, 2010 We (my dept) recently had an idiot sending emails about every doctors appt, meeting, and personal time he was taking off. And these were being also being sent as calendar events, so they also cluttered up our calendars. The fool was not even in our dept, nor was he in our mgt chain. When I sent him email telling him to knock it off, he sent a retort claiming this was a standard practice to keep co-workers informed of his whereabouts. I returned fire pointing out that in this company of 120,000 people, NO ONE else was doing this to us. And I promised to retaliate in kind if he did it again, by copying everything in my calendar to his.I haven't heard from him since. BTW The fool was a manager. "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #4 May 16, 2010 QuoteBTW The fool was a manager. I figured that before I finished reading. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #5 May 16, 2010 Quote I especially hate LOOOONG emails that seem to have no point.. It's simple.. Just tell me (briefly) what the problem is and what you want me to do about it! Decades of teaching the FJC and talking to airplanes on the radio have made me fairly succinct. I like to think my emails (and posts) don't ramble too badly. Think about what you want to say, then say it.Brevity is the essence of wit, right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #6 May 16, 2010 QuoteBrevity is the essence of wit, right? yup Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkfairy 0 #7 May 16, 2010 No, not really. We have Ironport. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #8 May 16, 2010 6 - If you forward something to me - CLEAN UP THE MESSAGE!I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #9 May 16, 2010 Quote 6 - If you forward something to me - CLEAN UP THE MESSAGE! Ohhh YES!! Can't stand getting 20 pages of history in an email.. Unless there is something very indiscreet in there I shouldn't have known about.. Then it's funny!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
