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black pete
Mar 24, 2015

DON'T MIND ME!

I'LL MAKE JOKES ABOUT RAPE.
who even uses it?

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BooLoo
Oct 18, 2010

SLAM TIME
your mother.

Iridium
Apr 4, 2002

Wretched Harp
low-T middle managers who worry that you're accomplishing something without their input

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



[ASK] me about OS/2 Warp
hook it to a taser

Beast of Bourbon
Sep 25, 2013

Pillbug
i use it all the time to indicate things i expect a reply from as opposed to just general FYI type emails

pram
Jun 10, 2001

Iridium posted:

low-T middle managers who worry that you're accomplishing something without their input

lol

MrAptronym
Jan 4, 2007

"...And then there was Bitcoin."

black pete posted:

who even uses it?

Every one of my professors, for every message, while I was in college.

Cat Face Joe
Feb 20, 2005

goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes



losers who think their job is important

Cat Face Joe
Feb 20, 2005

goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes



i use it all the time op

A Wheezy Steampunk
Jul 16, 2006

High School Grads Eligible!

Iridium posted:

low-T middle managers

my manager is a woman, op

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

me when I'm feeling particularly petulant

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth

Iridium posted:

low-T middle managers who worry that you're accomplishing something without their input

I used it today as a matter-of-fact.

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
we use gapps in my work and i have no idea what ur talking about OP

EMILY BLUNTS
Jan 1, 2005

A Wheezy Steampunk posted:

my manager is a woman, op

healthy women will still have a small amount, as much as 10% of male levels

Radio Paranoia
Jun 27, 2010

It is now safe to turn off your computer.
nice people use it to help me know which emails to ignore until the following morning :buddy:

du -hast
Mar 12, 2003

BEHEAD THOSE WHO INSULT GENTOO

MrAptronym posted:

Every one of my professors, for every message, while I was in college.

oh no blimp issue
Feb 23, 2011

the most annoying thing is actually read reciepts

jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


Awia posted:

the most annoying thing is actually read reciepts
preview then delete w/o reading all day err day

oh no blimp issue
Feb 23, 2011

St Evan Echoes posted:

preview then delete w/o reading all day err day

i took great pleasure in never returning a read recipet at my last job

KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD
Jul 7, 2012

PR dickwads sending out mass email blasts to reporters who dont give a drat

power botton
Nov 2, 2011

urgency isnt binary its a spectrum imo

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

dang, two exclamation points? better drop everything and read this dumb bullshit

FamDav
Mar 29, 2008
is that the ! button? I hit it when I send out an email when someone's stuff is going to break without their intervention.

Optimus_Rhyme
Apr 15, 2007

are you that mainframe hacker guy?

I NEED THAT REPORT BY EOD TODAY!



* takes long lunch and leaves early, doesn't read report until the following Tuesday*

Wells
Sep 21, 2008

THIS IS A BIZ!!!
Lipstick Apathy
as a user of google apps for work I'm unsurprised that there isn't a bang button

Iridium
Apr 4, 2002

Wretched Harp
we hired a contractor project manager recently. her skills are not great in general, but instead of using the urgent thing she puts this in her subject line

RE: IMPORTANT PLEASE SEE!!!

i'm not certain which option is less effective.

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
our director of development puts exclamations before and after ! ! ! NEW DONOR LETTER! LOOK ! ! ! l;ike an ebay listing or like ud do in a diablo2 trade channel

pram
Jun 10, 2001
L@@K

Cat Face Joe
Feb 20, 2005

goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes




whoa i looked

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013


i always read that as laak

Tayter Swift
Nov 18, 2002

Pillbug
challenge: spend a day sending every emails with an upworthy-style subject line

Tayter Swift
Nov 18, 2002

Pillbug
She held a meeting with the Develpment Team. What happened next are the Minutes and Action Items. Number 4 will blow your Priorities.

pram
Jun 10, 2001
How this one poster managed to bore thousands with one simple dog picture

Tayter Swift
Nov 18, 2002

Pillbug
lol if u think I have just one

~Coxy
Dec 9, 2003

R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD

Awia posted:

i took great pleasure in never returning a read recipet at my last job

read receipts off

never allow a message to be recalled

don't apply the corp mandated email signature

live dangerously

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




BooLoo posted:

your mother.

A Wheezy Steampunk
Jul 16, 2006

High School Grads Eligible!

Tayter Swift posted:

She held a meeting with the Develpment Team. What happened next are the Minutes and Action Items. Number 4 will blow your Priorities.

lmao

Have You Seen The New Department Food Policy? What You Read Next Will Chill You To The Bone.

Larry Parrish
Jul 9, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Tayter Swift posted:

She held a meeting with the Develpment Team. What happened next are the Minutes and Action Items. Number 4 will blow your Priorities.

This Powerpoint training looked like any other. What's on Slide 4 will change your perspective.

~Coxy
Dec 9, 2003

R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD

A Wheezy Steampunk posted:

lmao

Have You Seen The New Department Food Policy? What You Read Next Will Chill You To The Bone.

Forgive My Vanity But This Opportunity Is Too Good To Pass Up

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Jabor
Jul 16, 2010

#1 Loser at SpaceChem

~Coxy posted:

never allow a message to be recalled

secret tech to get people to read your urgent emails is to send a recall request

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