https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 06:51:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165511 Tue, 22 May 2012 16:19:04 +0000 heffalump 165511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lol. When I worked I was about 2 steps from all of my coworkers so we rarely had to send emails. We would just go to the person's office and talk to them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165425 Tue, 22 May 2012 14:44:28 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 165425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Best work email story:</p> <p>A departing employee emailed the whole company a "so long and thanks for all the fish" email message. One of the higher ups replied all wishing him luck. About ten minutes later the HR director replied all admonishing the manger for 1) replying to the message, because other directors were angry about it, and 2) replying all.</p> <p>I laughed for about a half hour straight, and it is still in my saved email folder. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165416 Tue, 22 May 2012 14:34:59 +0000 HabesBabe 165416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The people in my company LOVEEEEEEE to reply all. Seriously. I was on a DL (incorrectly received the email, along with everyone else on it, apparently), and one guy replied all, asking to be taken off the DL.</p> <p>Then a 2nd person replied all, asking the same.<br /> Then a 3rd.<br /> And 4th.<br /> And so on and so on.</p> <p>Pretty sure I got about FIFTY EMAILS from people who replied all asking to be removed. Ironic thing is that some people with some common sense had to reply all to ask everyone from replying all. So there were more of those.</p> <p>p.s. I want to slap everyone who uses Comic Sans and Papyrus. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165350 Tue, 22 May 2012 13:19:08 +0000 MsLipGloss 165350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rachel: That is so annoying!!!!!!! Overuse of exclamation points (or question marks, for that matter), seems (pathetically) dramatic and borderline rude . . . or at the very least ridiculous. The only thing worse would be TO TYPE IN ALL CAPS WHILE ALSO ABUSING PUNCTUATION!!!!!!</p> <p>:P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165238 Tue, 22 May 2012 11:41:16 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 165238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha!!! i tell people about the rules against comic sans (not for emails but communiques) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165209 Tue, 22 May 2012 11:23:27 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 165209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have more of a problem with unnecessary parties being copied. A peeve, if I know you’re doing it to flex authority muscle at me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165179 Tue, 22 May 2012 10:57:04 +0000 nana87 165179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ugh, my old boss used to mark almost everything urgent, which meant i just stopped paying attention to that feature! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165139 Tue, 22 May 2012 10:01:52 +0000 Shutterbug 165139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have offices all over the world, and in some of the European offices some of the employees use exclamation points far too liberally. For example:</p> <p>This should not be xyz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please correct!!!!!</p> <p>I have a hard time explaining to them how rude that seems - to them I guess it's like underlining or bolding? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165124 Tue, 22 May 2012 09:42:07 +0000 mediagirl 165124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: omg....that's awful!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165116 Tue, 22 May 2012 09:29:53 +0000 LuLu Mom 165116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: I also work with a lady who does this!! Although she uses the hideous bright yellow highlight as a way to bring attention to the "most important" parts of the email. She also sits directly in front of me, so all she would hvae to do is turn around and mention it to me in person but she never does. She says she likes "documentation" to prove the discussion was had. It's ridiculous considering it is hardly ever something that needs documentation! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165112 Tue, 22 May 2012 09:26:25 +0000 twodoghouse 165112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@eiko2010: That is one of the biggest things that drives me crazy too! I used to work with a woman who sent all her emails with the text CENTERED on a blue clouds background. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165106 Tue, 22 May 2012 09:20:08 +0000 littlebug 165106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't stand when people use templates that are like attachments. Our email scanner is super-thorough that it makes it take much longer to open. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165105 Tue, 22 May 2012 09:19:44 +0000 DillonLion 165105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of our older clients (who I guess has trouble with his vision), sends e-mails only in size 72 font. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165082 Tue, 22 May 2012 08:57:45 +0000 autumnlove 165082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I think she goes overboard with emails because she works from home and wants to remind people that she is working? I dunno but I don't want a play by play of the crap she does and stupid emails that just say THANKS or DONE!!! LOL, I am mean today! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165071 Tue, 22 May 2012 08:49:26 +0000 purrpletulips 165071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our director only uses in Comic Sans for e-mails (and many other documents) - frustrating and not very professional looking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165070 Tue, 22 May 2012 08:49:23 +0000 mediagirl 165070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha ha ha. I so feel your pain. We have a customer who will send us emails using one of those templates in Outlook. It always makes my reply emails tabbed in when I start replying. That drives me bonkers! We also have a customer who sends everything EVERYTHING in urgent status. When you send everything that way? Nothing is urgent anymore. </p> <p>100 emails a day? Does she talk to people in person or just send emails all day long?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165068 Tue, 22 May 2012 08:43:20 +0000 mamimami 165068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I HATE "urgent." Maybe you should suggest to HR/IT that they should give some sort of presentation on netiquette? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165060 Tue, 22 May 2012 08:38:50 +0000 MsLipGloss 165060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Reading your post made me *tick.* It's the equivalent of crying email *wolf* and it makes me crazy. @.@</p> <p>For the most part, my work peeps use a standard font/size/color (set up by the IT folks), and there are so few that deviate from that, so I am pretty lucky in that regard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritating-work-email-etiquette#post-165057 Tue, 22 May 2012 08:30:14 +0000 autumnlove 165057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work with a lady who sends about 100 emails a day. She flags about 99 of them as urgent when maybe 5 should be flagged. She emphasizes things by using a hideous purple font in Comic Sans in 14 pt type....that she will make bold, italic and occasionally underline.</p> <p>Ok...end rant.</p> <p>Do your coworkers have good email etiquette? </p>