Communications link

In 2007, 95% of all emails sent were spam and of the remaining, 50% were unnecessary.

I now dread the idea of going away for a week without email access. The terror of seeing several hundred emails on my return is too much. So what are the main cloggers in my inbox:

1. Your      faithful colleague that cc’s everyone in to say “thanks”.
2. ‘All      staff’ emails about the state of the fridge
3. eNews      from a myriad of companies
4. Invitations      to conferences unrelated to your field
5. Death/friendship      chain letters
6. Emails      from Facebook letting you know someone posted on your funwall
7. Those      FYI’s with no explanation except a link.

I find myself annoyed at the work colleague sitting 8m away who sends you emails like “have you completed the report?” Is it that hard to walk over, say hello and make the request? Has the personal touch gone?

And then there is email etiquette….

Is email the new sms? Can you be forgiven for lack of grammar and spelling mistakes? And how should you start an email?

Comments

[Jessica Staple]

I was wondering when the next blog would come up.

Absolutely agree with the over-use of emails.

Here is my 2 cents. There should be classes on email writing done by each company. Spelling mistakes are really annoying and getting the person's name right are my pet peeves.

And how do you start an email?
Dear John,
Hi John,
G'day John,
Good afternoon John,
John,
Hello

Any thoughts?

[Cohan Drew]

Does any one else see more than just a touch of irony in the above post? I struggle to get a chance to read all my email let alone reply to the important stuff and then follow links to blog posts bemoaning the lack of time to keep up with it all. Freudian perhaps?