Email Etiquette, is there any left in this world.

[simbrooks]

I love seeing the emails from the stupid people who reply to all, it makes my day

Thankfully it only happens once in a while, every day might be tiresome. I used to have to send my draft of an email to be proofread, it seems certain people in my office cant spell, read or construct a sentence, but feel fine about changing my words to make the message completely different from the original intent! The best part in our paperless office is that you send them the email, they print it out and mark it up, then give it back to you to change to their phrasing - very resourceful.

 

[DA Aquamaster]

I love seeing the emails from the stupid people who reply to all, it makes my day

Thankfully it only happens once in a while, every day might be tiresome. I used to have to send my draft of an email to be proofread, it seems certain people in my office cant spell, read or construct a sentence, but feel fine about changing my words to make the message completely different from the original intent!

What I like more are stupid people who send e-mails to everyone and then request a read receipt message. Sending an e-mail to everyone in our organization means sending e-mail to 12,000 people. That's a lot of e-mail and a lot of read receipts. And of course they inevitable send an apology to everyone for sending their original e-mail to everyone, and again request read receipts since they usually do not know how to shut that feature off. With a couple of stupid people like that, there is no need for e-mail viruses.

The best part in our paperless office is that you send them the email, they print it out and mark it up, then give it back to you to change to their phrasing - very resourceful.

We had a similar problem with electronic copies of forms and letters in my old job. They were in an electronic format to make them easy to forward, edit, etc. But the former boss insisted that they had to be printed out in hard copy and then edited with the edited and corrected hard copy then snail mailed back to the author to make the corrections on the electronic copy, which of course provided them the opportunity to correct it incorrectly which in turn initated a repeat of the entire process.

Management like that was a great incentive to leave and I felt 3 days notice was more than sufficient. Reading Dilbert is funny, actually living in your own Dilbert cartoon is not.

 

[cornfed]

...and only slightly longer to punctuate, capitalize, and proofread...

Ironically, it's considered poor form to correct someone's spelling or grammar on-line.

 

[simbrooks]

Ironically, it's considered poor form to correct someone's spelling or grammar on-line.

What about correcting someone's diving?

 

[cornfed]

What about correcting someone's diving?

NOT correcting someone's diving could leave them with poor form.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

NOT correcting someone's diving could leave them with poor form.

Somewhat off topic ... but the only time I will attempt to correct someone's diving is if they are either doing something patently unsafe, or if they ask for my advice.

Otherwise, what I consider "correct" is really a matter of some subjectivity ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[cornfed]

Otherwise, what I consider "correct" is really a matter of some subjectivity ...

What about correcting people for missing a joke, is that ok?

 

[dlndavid]

What about correcting people for missing a joke, is that ok?

i dont git it

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

What about correcting people for missing a joke, is that ok?

In my case, it's damn near mandatory ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[cornfed]

i dont git it

I know, it's like the Washington Post.