The best and the brightest
When I left the office last night, my inbox was down to 5 messages (a record!). When I arrived this morning, I had 181 emails.
Here was the original message:
And then came the replies:
Dozens of times.
Eventually, the sender of the original message realized her mistake and attempted to remedy it:
No such luck, KATHY.
And then The Enforcer stepped in:
Because nothing commands authority like Bold Red Letters.
But the people would not be silenced.
And my personal favorite:
Because while you might be smart enough to get hired at a Fortune 500 company, it’s not a requirement that you understand how a distribution list works.
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tags: Aggravation | Annie Parsons | Denver | Work
Oh this is awesome. What a great morning you have had. And a sweet blog post to boot.
bahaha!
Ok, now I’m having a flashback. Some things don’t EVER change!
Item #945 of the things I do not miss.
Too new to be on this list, but OH the commentary.
*snort* Welcome to the university world, where reply all is frequently used to chastise those who reply all regarding any given item on a faculty/staff distribution list. Also, the BOLD RED? LOL, it’s like Jesus chimed in! (Red Letter Edition joke)
lololololololololzzzzzz. also the teacher lyfe. so great!!!!!
HAHA!!! :)
At least you didn’t have to respond to 181 emails?
THE WORST. Reply All is my nemesis. As are distro lists (except when they are actually helpful).
I would like to be the head of a campaign to have all email apps (MS Outlook in particular) make the reply all button much much much harder to reach. BUT – that said – this wasn’t a reply-all button issue, but you are right Annie – it was an issue of knowing how distribution lists work. Yikes.
this too.