Great discussion! I note you didn't bother to include the forwarding of the tired old jokes that have been around twice, or the chain mails that require you to put your name on the bottom and forward it to 10 other people or you will have Bad Luck. This is a whole 'nother level of peeves that deserves its own space.
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Posted: Oct 29, 07 8:38am If I email someone I don't necessarily expect to hear back right away. Maybe they are busy. Maybe they are in the midd...  Posted: Oct 29, 07 9:41amIf I email someone I don't necessarily expect to hear back right away. Maybe they are busy. Maybe they are in the midd... Although I respond instantly to emails (if I delay a day, something usually IS wrong), I want to add to your list of restrictions: * Do not send me a warning/"news" about health or safety without first checking www.snopes.com. If you know me, I already worry disproportionately about cancer and safety -- I don't need my "friends" sending me scary stories that are, uh, not true. And I WILL "reply all" if you do it. 
Heidi K
 Posted: Oct 29, 07 9:49amIf I email someone I don't necessarily expect to hear back right away. Maybe they are busy. Maybe they are in the midd... Thanks for bringing this up! Most of the time I don't respond to peoples emails right away... I usually take a few days unless I'm in the mood to respond. Sometimes I'm just thinking. It doesn't "mean" anything that I don't get back to someone right away. I've had people get upset with me... I'm just a turtle I guess! I like being a Turtle! :)  My Turtle friends at Greenlake! Posted: Oct 29, 07 10:16amAlthough I respond instantly to emails (if I delay a day, something usually IS wrong), I want to add to your list of res... LOL - My mother does that. I even put snopes on her favorites list so she could check them out herself but it hasn't worked. I then tried reason, IF a virus alert was something to warn the entire world about wouldn't McAfee have let her know? Instead of depending on the address book of some other little old lady she graduated from high school with back in 1940? Posted: Oct 29, 07 10:40amAlthough I respond instantly to emails (if I delay a day, something usually IS wrong), I want to add to your list of res... Thank you!!! People respond like I am a real jerk for asking them to debunk yet ANOTHER fake "news" story by asking them to check snopes before emailing me any more alarmist junk mail.... All I ask for is a little responsibility before sounding the alarm. Now, as to phone versus email, I have had to request no phone calls during working hours because of the overload I was getting. My paying jobs were suffering b/c that thing was ringing every five minutes, interrupting the flow. I am self-employed and need to concentrate. Just because I am home does not mean I am knitting.... This is also where my office is located. I say, "if you will be kind enough to email me your request for lunch dates, sponsoring your child in a 5k, charitable contribution needs: I will email you at my first convenience." That might be today, and it might be tomorrow. Helpful? Posted: Oct 29, 07 1:00pmIf I email someone I don't necessarily expect to hear back right away. Maybe they are busy. Maybe they are in the midd... I have to mention that I did learn one invaluable thing from a mass email a friend of mine sent. There's a website called Catalog Choice where you can get off catalog mailing lists. http://www.catalogchoice.org/#welcome Posted: Oct 29, 07 1:25pmIf I email someone I don't necessarily expect to hear back right away. Maybe they are busy. Maybe they are in the midd... Lots of excellent points being made here, Ann. Why doesn't somebody publish some E-mail etiquette guidelines? | ADVERTISEMENT  |
