E-mail etiquette

[moog]

Texting is useful if say, your friend is driving ahead of you and there is a truck about to hit him, you can text, "Hey Bob, you are about to get hit by that truck full of horse manure, LOOK OUT. Bob? Bob r u thre?"

Or, "Hi Edgar, guess where I'm at? With your wife in your apartment. I just did her. Now I'm taking a dump in the toilet. Your toilet. And I won't flush. See ya later at Fantasy Football"

[Wino you know]

And he's drinking Bob's beer too.

[moog]

I was going to add that, but I couldn't think of one.

Until now.

LANDSHARK!

[moog]

Well, to bring back on topic, Bob can e mail it.

To: Edgar
From:Bob
Subject: Poop, Landshark and your wife.
CC: Father O Reilly, Rabbi Berkowitz and sister Mary.
Attachment: carandmanurecrash.jpg

[RinglingRingling]

I have unlimited text to anyone in any plan for $8.00 a month!

except one..

[SMLCHNG]

Perfect example today. Starts at the bottom.

She tacked onto another email, totally different subject, and asked about the mail.

So I just changed the subject line and said 'yes'.

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From: Tabra
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:58 AM
To: Penny
Subject: Is the mail here yet?

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From: Penny L.
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:30 AM
To: Pete
Cc: Nicole; Dusty, Tabra
Subject: RE: TBS Requires Ink Replacement Cartridge



Done!




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From: C, Pete M
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:17 AM
To: DL Facilities
Cc: Nicole; Dusty; Tabra
Subject: TBS Requires Ink Replacement Cartridge



Good morning,



TBS is providing a message that the yellow ink cartridge requires replacement; would you please assist?

Thank you

Peter, Supervisor
DIRECTV Damage Claim Dept.

[LIPH]

Sorry, ladies, but, to me, it still makes no sense to text message when calling is quicker and easier.

Or, maybe I'm just old.

It's a generational thing, young people text a lot more than old folks. I text more now than I used to because, well, I'm the H.O.G. and the young wimmins be luvin' the old guy.

[Dezdmona]

Perfect example today. Starts at the bottom.

She tacked onto another email, totally different subject, and asked about the mail.

So I just changed the subject line and said 'yes'.

I've gotten stuff like that. One person was a friend, so I asked them about it.
Apparently they are email illiterate and don't (know how) to save email address in their address book, so they just save an email from people and hit reply when they need to contact that person.

I tried to explain about address books.

[SMLCHNG]

This is rather liberating. I got another one and it forced her to reply in the body of the email about when it would be delivered.


From: Penny
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:34 PM
To: Wynette
Subject: Yes.



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From: Wynette
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:31 PM
To: Penny
Subject: I am expecting a UPS package, it shows delivering at 9:32 this morning, do you have it?

[creeky]

You replied to mine in the text part

This is rather liberating. I got another one and it forced her to reply in the body of the email about when it would be delivered.


From: Penny
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:34 PM
To: Wynette
Subject: Yes.



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From: Wynette
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:31 PM
To: Penny
Subject: I am expecting a UPS package, it shows delivering at 9:32 this morning, do you have it?

[Wino you know]

Sorry, ladies, but, to me, it still makes no sense to text message when calling is quicker and easier.

Or, maybe I'm just old.

It's a generational thing, young people text a lot more than old folks. I text more now than I used to because, well, I'm the H.O.G. and the young wimmins be luvin' the old guy.

And I get to carry your suit case.

[Gypsy In The Palace]

On another e-mail related note, am I the only one who absolutely hates the new Outlook notification? Rather than the old pop up that says, "New Mail Has Arrived. Would you like to read it now," you get a little bitty message that stays on your screen for about 30 seconds. And, if you are not looking RIGHT AT your computer screen or if you have left your desk for a minute when the message comes, you won't see it. I'll admit that the old popups did get annoying especially when I was getting multiple e-mails, but at least, I rarely missed a message. Since Outlook made this change, I have really had to discipline myself to keep an eye on my e-mail, and when it first came out, I had several messages that sat there unread for hours.

[creeky]

On another e-mail related note, am I the only one who absolutely hates the new Outlook notification? Rather than the old pop up that says, "New Mail Has Arrived. Would you like to read it now," you get a little bitty message that stays on your screen for about 30 seconds. And, if you are not looking RIGHT AT your computer screen or if you have left your desk for a minute when the message comes, you won't see it. I'll admit that the old popups did get annoying especially when I was getting multiple e-mails, but at least, I rarely missed a message. Since Outlook made this change, I have really had to discipline myself to keep an eye on my e-mail, and when it first came out, I had several messages that sat there unread for hours.

You can change it - we had that at work and it drove me nuts as I would get distracted. I cant remember where - but I figured it out - so anyone can Think it is in tools .. options ...

I now just have the little envelope that pops up in the toolbar.