The best and the brightest

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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:

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And then came the replies:

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Dozens of times.

Eventually, the sender of the original message realized her mistake and attempted to remedy it:

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No such luck, KATHY.

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And then The Enforcer stepped in:

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Because nothing commands authority like Bold Red Letters.

 

But the people would not be silenced.

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And my personal favorite:

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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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12 Comments

  1. Becca Groves on December 2, 2014 at 1:29 PM

    Oh this is awesome. What a great morning you have had. And a sweet blog post to boot.

  2. shanna mallon on December 2, 2014 at 1:56 PM

    bahaha!

  3. Joni on December 2, 2014 at 2:19 PM

    Ok, now I’m having a flashback. Some things don’t EVER change!

  4. sassy on December 2, 2014 at 3:07 PM

    Item #945 of the things I do not miss.

  5. Erin on December 2, 2014 at 3:53 PM

    Too new to be on this list, but OH the commentary.

  6. Michael on December 2, 2014 at 4:50 PM

    *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)

  7. kimberly on December 2, 2014 at 5:23 PM

    lololololololololzzzzzz. also the teacher lyfe. so great!!!!!

  8. Kristy on December 3, 2014 at 12:55 AM

    HAHA!!! :)

  9. Sarah Kate on December 3, 2014 at 3:07 AM

    At least you didn’t have to respond to 181 emails?

  10. Brit on December 3, 2014 at 9:42 AM

    THE WORST. Reply All is my nemesis. As are distro lists (except when they are actually helpful).

  11. Peg Achterman on December 3, 2014 at 9:43 PM

    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.

  12. diana on December 11, 2014 at 12:23 PM

    this too.

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