So I've been working with this company for about two months now and it seems that they have a RE: All fetish/addiction/problem or what ever.

Why can't people just do Re: to those who are of concern.

I get soooooo.... many e-mails from people at work that Re: All on crap or subject or discussion has no interest to me or that I have no control over.

I may have cursory interest. Please keep me in the loop or "here's what's up" but beyond that the details of the discussion can be kept to a smaller group who has the experience and expertise to deal with it. You don't need to RE: All on every e-mail especially if it's a conversation between only two people.

(responses like "OK Jim," "Check, gotcha Chris.", "All done Bill.")

Case in point (and I get s#it like this everyday):

Someone was looking for a UPS tracking # for something I have no idea what it was for. She sent it to the global company address.

- Our shipping/receiving guy does the Re: All to say he never received it.

- The originator does a Re: All in response.

- The shipping/receiving guy does a Re: All back to her.

- Originator does a Re: All back.

And so on and so forth. Now everyone in the company gets to see the back and forth until they get it resolved.

Cripes, I'll e-mail a "heads up" e-mail to the entire project team about issues with our (for example) hexavalent chromate coatings but after that, I'll go behind the scenes with those of concern/interest/expertise until we get it resolved. Then I'll send out a Cliff's notes list of what the problem was, what we did, where we are, and the how we resolved it.

No need to a Re: All about our back and forth with chemistry and crap. The mechanical engineer doesn't care and is clueless about this crap. He's got other **** on his plate.

That's just today's RE: All vent from me. Stay tuned.

Another pet peeve: Folks that sit two cubicles away and send e-mail questions to you.

What, you can't spare one Cheeze-It's worth of calories to WALK THE 10 FT. I can see you from here damn it! It's easier to answer in person than via e-mail. I have a pencil and some paper too, I can draw pictures for you if you can't grasp the concepts.

Sounds real sucky Bucky.

Let's go grab some Guinness & Buffalo fingers!

I'm in. Let me know when and where!

Anytime works for me(Boston or out West).

I'm hitting the Cape this weekend. I should see if BasicPatrick wants to herf in Hyannis.

Misuse of email in the corporate world is rampant.

The worst is when a mass mailing, were you are BCC'd (not To, which is suppose to mean Under the Radar So you are Aware) but then the "To People" get pissed because you didn't respond.

Fuuuuuuuuuu

cc's and bcc's are all part of the corporate "cover your ass" game.

Re 4

Definitely call on Patrick. There's a cool local in Hyannis. I have his # if you want to ping me at my yahoo e-mail

stogiemac at yahoo blah blah blah

Re 5:

Russ, you couldn't be more right (or is it - you couldn't be more correct?). I don't think the masses at the company know what BCC is.

Don't get me wrong, I love the company, the people and the work do. My boss is awesome. They are good people from top to bottom and the work is rewarding (Solider Survivability - making armor to protect those that protect us).

I just don't get why some folks can't filter who needs to get the Re: and who can be left off.

I'm just sorta venting or making fun of people or whatever (it's a strength of mine).

If that's the worst part of my job, I think I'll be OK.

Well...I hate to pick nits (OK, actually, I love doing so, but I think I'm supposed to say I hate it), but to "all who are of concern" would be addressing the email to people who cause concern in other persons. I would think whatever message was included would likely be lost on the recipients. I mean, would you likely cure nose pickers, stalkers, pederasts, farters, etc., by letting them know their behavior causes others to be concerned?

Those sorts of folks don't often seem to feel hemmed in by the rules of polite society. I mean, take AndyTV. Please.

What month is "Make Fun of Your Co-Worker's Month"?

We have a month for black history, breast cancer, union labor, calluses, blood blisters, in-grown toe nails... and everything else. When is Make Fun of Your Co-Worker's Month?

what Andy said--it's all part of ass-covering

Yeah, I understand the ass covering. I've done it myself.

but some of the Re: stuff I see is just stupid crap (IMHOP). Nothing anyone is gonna get fired over. It's small stuff.

IT guy sends a company wide saying the network and phone lines for external communications are down and he's working on the problem...

Me - (mental thought) OK, thanks for the heads up. I can live without internet or the phone for a couple hours. No sweat.

Others - Re: All

Thanks Bill, I was wondering why I couldn't access server X.

Signed Mary

Bill, let me know when it's up and running again, I need to get into server Y.

Signed James

Bill, when we are back on line I'll need you to come help me find the path to XYZ again.

Signed Dip ****

Bill,

Does this affect out accounting server too?

Signed Dweeb

The city I work for has that problem occasionally. I simply respond with a "Can you kindly remove me from this discussion or Remove my email address." reply. This usually starts about 20 other replies asking the same thing and then people start to get the hint.

No reason to be rude, just not interested.

#9 December. Most of the office gets drunk at some point, and does and wears some pretty stupid chit. If your office has any Jewish members, I think they get 48 days off in December, so there is that...and for holidays no one can really pronounce. Then you may have a few Kwanza revelers, and I don't think even Hallmark gives them a thought in the cards sections...

There, who have I *not* pissed off so far?

:)P~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

^Lmao...

You should reply back with one of USAhog's emails from an anonymous address.

The original post is actually a "RE: All" about the misuse of "RE: All".

Some of them do it to give the illusion that they are actually doing something while at work.

OMG, I so love this thread.