My top five email pet peeves
Most of my pet peeves regarding email use are to do with a lack of consideration on the part of the sender — just not thinking things through. For example:
1. Being copied on an email along with 100 other people I’ve never heard of — without the sender using BCC. If I’m going to publish my email address to strangers I’d rather make that decision myself, thanks.
2. Being asked to send the email on to anyone who may have been left off by accident. You want me to go through the 60 names on the CC list and figure out who’s missing? In fact you ask all 60 people to do this?
3. Being sent obvious spoofs. Many people’s BS detectors are set too low or are switched off. Wow! If I forward this email Microsoft will give me $50? How could I resist? And you want me to find a …