My least favorite e-mail is a chain one that I am supposed to send on to 10, 20 or whatever number of people. I am able to quickly delete e-mails usually, but the bit of me that is superstitious hates the ones that state "bad things will happen". And these can come from people I like. Why would they do this to me?
I agree with Deb, I am not a fan of chain e-mail and delete them as soon as I realize I have received one. I also get burnt out with forwards of jokes or stories, which I receive through my home e-mail account. I would rather spend my time on e-mail corresponding with friends. I usually delete forwards of jokes or things of that nature without reading them. I love humor as much as anyone yet it gets to be too overwhelming to deal with on e-mail. I’ll watch the Colbert Report or Saturday Night Live to get a dose of humor.
My most recent chain email was actually a book club thing, where I was supposed to send a paperback book to one person and forward the email to 10 friends. This came from an old friend who figured I would love it. I had to write her and say I didn't have 10 friends who would like getting this email.... but doing that was difficult.
Another pet peeve of mine is emails with no subject lines... This eliminates a really helpful feature of email, using the subject to help the recipient prioritize and even locate a specific email.
I love emails that say Action Reqd FYI Need your input in the subject lines, along with the topic...
My biggest pet peeve is when people don't bother to spell check. Or if they do, they don't bother to see if the usage is correct (not knowing the difference between there, their, they're as an example). My father was a manuscript editor for most of my growing up years, so I think that influences all my written communication. I'm a lot less formal than I used to be, but when I see errors like those I tend to forget what the message is saying and focus on doing a mental editorial correction. - Becky
I think the worst are people that you only hear from when they forward the ridiculous information about personal safety or bogus political information. I agree with Kathy that I want to hear from friends so if you are going to email make it a lovely note. And again, from personal experience, watch those exclamation points!!!
I think I shared this in class, but one of the things I am trying to do to cut down on email is to respond to several items in one email or try to talk to that person directly or on the phone.
As for pet peeves....I have more than I would like to note. I agree with the other comments about chain mails, spell check, etc. I think that everyone should review email etiquette on a regular basis, we tend to think that we are better at using it then we are.
My biggest issue is when someone responds but doesn't address items in your email. I often get responses like "ok" when I have asked for responses to specific questions. That is when I pick up the phone.
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My least favorite e-mail is a chain one that I am supposed to send on to 10, 20 or whatever number of people. I am able to quickly delete e-mails usually, but the bit of me that is superstitious hates the ones that state "bad things will happen". And these can come from people I like. Why would they do this to me?
I agree with Deb, I am not a fan of chain e-mail and delete them as soon as I realize I have received one. I also get burnt out with forwards of jokes or stories, which I receive through my home e-mail account. I would rather spend my time on e-mail corresponding with friends. I usually delete forwards of jokes or things of that nature without reading them. I love humor as much as anyone yet it gets to be too overwhelming to deal with on e-mail. I’ll watch the Colbert Report or Saturday Night Live to get a dose of humor.
My most recent chain email was actually a book club thing, where I was supposed to send a paperback book to one person and forward the email to 10 friends. This came from an old friend who figured I would love it. I had to write her and say I didn't have 10 friends who would like getting this email.... but doing that was difficult.
Another pet peeve of mine is emails with no subject lines... This eliminates a really helpful feature of email, using the subject to help the recipient prioritize and even locate a specific email.
I love emails that say
Action Reqd
FYI
Need your input
in the subject lines, along with the topic...
My biggest pet peeve is when people don't bother to spell check. Or if they do, they don't bother to see if the usage is correct (not knowing the difference between there, their, they're as an example). My father was a manuscript editor for most of my growing up years, so I think that influences all my written communication. I'm a lot less formal than I used to be, but when I see errors like those I tend to forget what the message is saying and focus on doing a mental editorial correction. - Becky
I think the worst are people that you only hear from when they forward the ridiculous information about personal safety or bogus political information. I agree with Kathy that I want to hear from friends so if you are going to email make it a lovely note. And again, from personal experience, watch those exclamation points!!!
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I think I shared this in class, but one of the things I am trying to do to cut down on email is to respond to several items in one email or try to talk to that person directly or on the phone.
As for pet peeves....I have more than I would like to note. I agree with the other comments about chain mails, spell check, etc. I think that everyone should review email etiquette on a regular basis, we tend to think that we are better at using it then we are.
My biggest issue is when someone responds but doesn't address items in your email. I often get responses like "ok" when I have asked for responses to specific questions. That is when I pick up the phone.
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