On the Job by Anita Bruzzese The 10 Worst Email Habits

On the Job by Anita Bruzzese The 10 Worst Email Habits While you mayclaim to hate email, the truth is that you dont hate email. You are peeved by the people who send them. Were talking aboutthose email senderswho fire off messages that are inane, stupid, weird, incomprehensible, worthless, depressing and annoying. So its time to do an email intervention. Its time to save the email numbskulls who dont seem to understand that their bad messages make us believe they are also inane, stupid, weird, incomprehensible, worthless, depressing and annoying. We beg all bad email senders to stop: Making vague requests. If youre requesting a time to meet with someone, for example, dont say you need to meet by next week. Provide your available times and dates, so that the person can respond without theback-and-forth emailstrying to hammer out a time and place. If you need the person to provide specific documents of a certain length, say so. Letting threads run too long.Theres no reason to hit reply so many times the message thread is now as long as Shaquille ONeals right arm. Being lazy.You dont want to search through your own files, look on the Internet or make a phone call about an issue, so you send an email that sounds something like this: Hey Jeff! I cant remember when we signed that contract with XYZ. Do you remember? Also, do you happen to remember the contacts name and email? Thanks! Daryl. Colleagues see right through this, and resent being asked to interrupt their own work to be your personal assistant. Using too many abbreviations.You use so many abbreviations and buzzwords that the person cant tell if youre asking a question or delivering (read more here)