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- Veriander, on 07/14/2008, -1/+55Best advice when responding to irritating or flame email: wait an hour or so before clicking 'send'. (And then read it before you send.)
- timusca, on 07/14/2008, -0/+50Most annoying thing to me is when I open an email to be confronted with a "receipt request". F*** you - I'll let you know when I read your email and I'll reply to when I damn well feel like it.
I ALWAYS hit "no".
I also hate when people use the ***** built-in templates that MS has so wonderfully included. The ivy leaves are the BEST! - inactive, on 07/14/2008, -2/+43Want to impress your boss? Keep your email to 3-5 sentences of factual information with no emotional emphasis. (You don't read email longer than that and neither does anyone else.) Reply to all only when absolutely necessary. Link to attachments on your corporate wiki or "sharepoint" instead of attaching directly to email. And when possible pick up the phone and use it instead to get things done. Above all, be professional and make it all about business.
- chicaneuk, on 07/14/2008, -1/+42There is a 'frothing at the mouth' Linux zealot in one department where I work who will actually write snotty replies to people (even if he's never conversed with them before) if they attach proprietary format documents (like .DOC) or top post in your replies to his email messages.
Best way to annoy him? Just keep doing it. I know it annoys him but frankly I don't care - it's more entertaining seeing his progressively unprofessional and childish responses whilst I continue to feign ignorance. - jjb123, on 07/14/2008, -0/+35http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5351908
All on one page. - nicko68, on 07/14/2008, -2/+33I prefer e-mail to phone because then things are documented in case of any problems down the road.
- deltahat02, on 07/14/2008, -0/+28Sign his email up for a bunch of gay porn?
- Seth024, on 07/14/2008, -0/+26Reply: "John, I finished those reports and put them on your desk almost 2 weeks ago. Have you not looked at them yet?" with a CC to the boss.
- Matt2k, on 07/14/2008, -0/+25The CCing to a boss is undoubtedly the most annoying thing ever. It's so transparent and so many people do it. Everytime there's a problem, no matter how trivial, the boss gets CCed. Everytime *YOU* are having a problem, it comes to me without a CC.
That and long rambling emails. There is nothing more annoying than a 30 minute conference call or five pages of text CCed to everyone even remotely involved in the project to describe something that could be summarized in a couple sentences.
I remember in school how I always thought "Communication skills" was a ***** topic. But after working in the real world. I hate you all. - SolidBones, on 07/14/2008, -0/+24Post his e-mail here. We'll take care of the rest.
- inactive, on 07/14/2008, -1/+24Easy, "Bob, I'm still waiting for the reports that I asked you to look at 2 weeks ago. When can I expect them?" with a CC to the boss. It tells the boss passively that Bob's screwing around instead of doing his job. Aggressive would be if you e-mailed the boss and CC'ed Bob.
- Ilyanep, on 07/14/2008, -0/+21That's the point at which you say 'Look. The majority of us use Windows. Which means if you want to communicate with us, you have to install OpenOffice and read the .doc files. It's not that big a deal for you, so just do it and stop whining.'
- StokieBread, on 07/14/2008, -1/+18Some good points here, I think I'll forward the link to everyone in my contact book.
That would be annoying, right? - FuZi0nDET, on 07/14/2008, -0/+16Label his e-mail as spam and have them go straight to the trash!
- seantubridy, on 07/14/2008, -0/+15To: ABC News
CC: All of Digg
HOW DO PEOPLE NOT KNOW THESE RULES BY NOW? - DougVitale, on 07/14/2008, -1/+15Avoid playing office politics at all costs. It is actually counter-productive. Keep controversial matters to yourself and the individuals directly involved in it; there is no need to copy others on emails! It just irritates the recipient and gets him thinking how he can get back at you.
At the office, be discrete, don't engage in gossiping, treat everyone politely, and remember not to mix your personal and professional lives. - Ilyanep, on 07/14/2008, -0/+14I used to have a friend who didn't ever hit reply, but instead hit Reply All. I ended up not sending e-mails to him. One of the very few times Reply All is useful is when you're replying to a post on a mailing list that has its reply-to field all out of whack.
Another thing I would add to the list is people who forward every single "funny" thing you get to everyone else. - katiekatekate, on 07/14/2008, -0/+13Tools - Options - Preferences - Email Options - Tracking Options - "Never send a response" It shouldn't even ask you anymore.
You can also turn off the stationery in received messages, but it screws with the other formatting sometimes. It's under Tools - Trust Center. - mtschmie, on 07/14/2008, -0/+13Calling someone on the phone says that what you have to talk about is more important than anything else they might have been working on right then. Default to email, use the phone when that fails.
- brickbat, on 07/14/2008, -0/+12My rule is Never Never Never reply to a lame email on the same day no matter what - even if they have asked for an immediate reply. Preferably, don't even draft it on the same day.
- str3ama, on 07/14/2008, -0/+12cc'ing the boss is the worst one. When I was in my undergrad, I once e-mailed a TA complaining about an error the TA made on grading my test which related to a mistake the Prof had made, and when the TA replied he actually cc'd it to the Prof as well intentionally as a hostile move. It was pretty ridiculous considering it was uncalled for, but in the office you should be very careful what you say when communicating with peers by e-mail - the stupidest thing would be to criticize your higher ups - that's just asking for trouble.
People sending out complaints about you to you and then ccing it to your boss are *****, and are more then likely to lose trust from others working in the office. - katiekatekate, on 07/14/2008, -0/+10Three to five sentences? That would be nice. I estimate that I get about 7-10 words to make a point before my co-workers get overwhelmed. It's an interesting creative writing exercise, though.
- Andrwmorph, on 07/14/2008, -1/+11You know that means he wins, right?
- JorgeGT, on 07/14/2008, -1/+11And post the entire email exchange in Digg like they do in thepiratebay.org/legal !!!!
- nicko68, on 07/14/2008, -0/+9I used to work at a large telecom company (people who should know better). Somebody accidentally sent a message to a global mailing list. It was obvious to anyone with half a brain that this wasn't intentional.
All day long people were replying all, asking why they were sent this message, please don't include them any more, etc. etc.
Eventually we received a corporate e-mail reminding us that replying all like that clogs up the e-mail system. - fulibs, on 07/14/2008, -0/+9Welcome to my workplace.
- wheezy360, on 07/14/2008, -0/+8The spiral bound ledger paper background always gets me.
- EvilJelloMan, on 07/14/2008, -2/+10ohhhh I feel you on the spam thing. Someone in my family sent this incredibly ignorant racist "obama is a muslim" forward to me, and I LOST IT. If you want to disagree with his policies or track record, that's one thing, but some ignorant redneck hate-fest is ***** stupid. I replied back with a nasty, nasty email, and haven't spoken to her since. Can't say I really miss her either...
- peterredding, on 07/14/2008, -0/+8A three item list split across three pages? Christ on a bloody bike!!! I'm burying you for it and I wish I could CC your boss.
- alpha94, on 07/14/2008, -1/+8That is sage advice. I've taught that to many of my staff and I have to remind myself as well.
- Raz0rEdge, on 07/14/2008, -0/+7Oh not at all..and be sure to mention that they should forward it to everyone they know within 24 hours or they will die a horrible painful death..
- gordonrp, on 07/14/2008, -2/+9Buried for placing 1 pages worth of content across 3 pages just so we have to click through and up their pageviews.
- Aethirig, on 07/14/2008, -0/+7I must be lucky; nobody in my office ever emails anyone about anything. I used to work in a place where the modus operandi was to email anyone even tertially involved in a problem, just so you could say you notified the correct people. ***** that *****.
- consie, on 07/14/2008, -2/+9The description scares and confuses me.
- LogicBomB, on 07/14/2008, -1/+8Tell him that Obama makes more sense and as a DIRECT result to his emails you have convinced 7 of your non-voting friends to vote Obama in spite of it all.
- guzman, on 07/14/2008, -0/+7I work with a guy who just loves to start little wars over e-mail, and he has been doing this to me for about 6 months now - my last day is on Friday.
I'm literally quitting because I'm sick of dealing with his e-mail. - darkcooger, on 07/14/2008, -0/+6If I'm initiating the conversation, I prefer going to their office to chat. It helps to keep things personable and I believe that helps make a good team. It also makes it easier to have a dynamic discussion, avoiding the inherent delay in email.
This may be unique to software development environments, though, but it's been my experience that face-time with coworkers is more productive and less intrusive than either phone calls or email, plus it's impossible to ignore. :) - mustafya, on 07/14/2008, -0/+6I cc bosses sometimes. Usually when I have repeatedly requested information from an engineer and they are ignoring our e-mails. Eventually it has to be escalated because if we don't get that information bills don't get paid, disputes don't get filed etc.
- Shawn4168, on 07/14/2008, -0/+6The best way that I've found to deal with those people is to reply with a blank email and "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line. They usually get the hint that way.
- fattony80, on 07/14/2008, -0/+5By completing a seemingly harmless action that has the real intention of trying to get them into trouble. Probably not true passive aggressiveness, but the concept fits.
- TeamoSupremo, on 07/14/2008, -0/+5The "print" link is the first thing i look for. All on one page and no ads.
- SpongeBad, on 07/14/2008, -0/+5Apparently the same logic doesn't apply to your Digg posts. I'm normally not a grammar/spelling Nazi, but I couldn't resist the irony of "buy some of the higher ups" in your post.
- liuite, on 07/14/2008, -0/+5forward chainmails if you wish to annoy your friends and family. my sister used to forward chainmails to me until I pointed her Snopes.com
- username7410, on 07/14/2008, -0/+5I have a picture of my genitals below my phone number in my email signature, is this a Netiquette No-No?
- FuZi0nDET, on 07/14/2008, -0/+5F7 you dip *****, now I suck at spelling, but I can find the damn spell check key. I'm blown away buy some of the higher ups that can't spell for ***** and can't be bothered to spend 45 seconds double checking their spelling. I always re-read two or three times e-mails to higher ups, I try and re-read at least once e-mails to my peers as well. No one takes you serious if you can't figure out to, too, and two or their, there, they're.
- nericus, on 07/14/2008, -0/+5Or you could've scrolled to the bottom and found the "print" link
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5351908
I think the worst for that was.... Networkworld? some site like that... even in widescreen about two inches wide was the article, and the rest was *****. - Grimdotdotdot, on 07/14/2008, -0/+5Or if you're organising a night out on the beer, of course.
- darkcooger, on 07/14/2008, -0/+4@Azuroth:
And you strike me as the person who believes what you're doing is the most important thing in the world, whether it is or it isn't. I've worked with your type before, and your condescending attitude makes it pretty clear that you don't want people to talk to you. Fine by me - I have more interesting and interested people I'd rather talk to, anyway.
I've been fortunate to work with decent human beings for the most part, however. When they're deep in concentration and I walk in, there's usually some kind of gesture to indicate "not right this second." One of my previous co-workers made it a point, in those cases, to either say something along the lines of, "Come back in a few minutes" or "Come in, but wait just a second." I've noticed a very similar attitude with just about all of my co-workers, past and present. Hell, some of my current co-workers seem overjoyed at the idea of having a visitor. I suspect that the turn towards email as the primary mode of communication has made people appreciate real physical interaction a bit more.
Except for you, of course, but then not all of us write the most difficult code in the universe. Fortunately, most of us also recognize the relative importance of our code. Maybe some day, you will too. - linzperc, on 07/14/2008, -1/+5My last boss used to send me emails with lame ass viral videos that he thought were so amazing. I set his address for the junk mail folder... He would always run up to me (extremely excited) and ask if I saw the 'new super funny' video he just sent. I'd just sigh and say, "hang on, I'll check my junk mail."
Yeah, I don't work there anymore. Something about an important email that I was suppose to receive... *shrug* -
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