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Date Posted: 13:06:59 08/26/02 Mon
Author: Emily Weaver
Subject: Re: Topic 2--Tell us three of the worse emails that you have received in relation to work!
In reply to: AnDray Strickland 's message, "Re: Topic 2--Tell us three of the worse emails that you have received in relation to work!" on 11:31:35 08/26/02 Mon

>>Well, I'm currently a stay at home mom and never had a
>>position where I had an email account so I can say I
>>have never had any bad emails that pertained to
>>business or on my job.
>>
>>The things I hate to get at my home email account are
>>spam mail especially ones that contain pornography. I
>>block these everyday they come into my account and
>>have sites blocked off my computer, however they are
>>still able to find a way to send me something.
>>
>>Another thing I hate are the chain letters because I
>>get sent the same ones over and over. I don't mind
>>reading anything that my friends sent me just don't
>>send it to me over and over again.
>>
>>The last thing that annoys me are the letters that are
>>sent that makes a person assume that a company can
>>keep tabs on how many emails were sent in order to
>>give you money.
>>
>>I'm not a big buff on the use of my friends grammer,if
>>they spelled something correctly, or if they wrote
>>something in all capital or lower case letters.
>>
>>I would look at these things more seriosly in a
>>business setting only if it came from a person I did
>>not know and aquant myself with, or if I was a human
>>resource or manager of some sort and someone had a
>>complaint, resume, or praise that they needed to
>>convey. These things seem more formal.
>>I don't know what the class thinks but I tend to feel
>>more formal things should be done through snail mail.
>>
>>I would never send something in email at work that
>>seems like it could be sent to an email account at
>>home. I think it would be important when you get to
>>know someone at work ask if you can have their home
>>address in case you wish to correspond to them on a
>>non-business level. I think people tend to forget that
>>a business account is just that and anything wanted to
>>say that isn't about that business needs to be taken
>>home.
>
>
>Hey Emily, AnDray here.
>I agree with you wholeheartedly, but do you also feel
>that as businesses continue to strive for more speed
>and efficiency, a need to communicate more
>professionally (via e-mail) will become the norm for
>both home and office? We are in dire need for e-mail
>etiquette programs to be linked to every free AOL
>software discs. :)


I believe that business was handled just as effeciently without email before email was available. I feel that society needs to slow back down some and give everyone a chance to think. I don't think we would have as much misunderstanding or this mentality that we just have to get things done now or our whole lives or our businesses will go to pot. Because of the technology boom people, believe it or not, is not being able to have more time with their families because employers or owners have the mentality more needs to be done because of being able to do things more quickly.

I have however sent two formal letters through the email once to staff at Park University. I did not get anything formal back but I'm sure if I sent it through snail mail I would have received something back. It would have made me feel better as well.

I do believe that there should be etiquette online ready and available when you pull up the email. Then maybe one would be more inclined to think about what it is they are sending.

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