Reply All: Just Don’t Do It
Dear People of the Internet:
Do I really need to know that you got my sister-in-law’s message yesterday but you were out and about and didn’t want to call her back too late? What possible reason could I have for needing to have this information taking up useless space in my ever-diminishing brain?
As I see it, there are two possible options:
- You think we really, really, like you. Life revolves around you, and thus everyone (people you don’t even know!) are wildly fascinated by your mundane life.
- You are really, really, stupid. “Reply All” is not the same button as “Reply” and apparently you haven’t learned that yet.
For cripes’ sake, people, either just hit “reply” or pick up the phone and call the person you want to relay information to! And all you other people — maybe you should learn to bcc a giant list of people rather than ccing them. I mean, you wouldn’t give a 5-year-old a butcher knife to carry around, would you, so why would you give the “reply all” power to similarly undeveloped minds??
Next time, if you’re going to be so irritating as to reply all, at least include some salacious gossip about your latest boyfriend (”He took off his pants and he was a GIRL!”) so that I don’t feel gypped when I finish reading your email.
Sincerely,
Jane
P.S. When someone calls you on your “reply all,” writing back that you “usually do” just use reply, does not make us think you are any less stupid or self-involved. Especially when you reply all with that response.
Posted by: ssjane | June 6, 2007 | 9:36 am
Posted in: Rants