How are emails handled at your workplace?

[HVC]

probably 70 or so work related emails a day. Most are me asking for transactions to be deleted so that i can put in the correct info (fuckers on the floor).

[saskganesh]

I've found that, at least in my workplace, you can tell a lot about the sender from their e-mail subject line:


Expletive laden, lower case (eg, 'slut fuck') = my Canadian boss

fuck you

[Monoriu]

If there is an email that I absolutely need someone to respond, I give him/his secretary a call. 

Another tactic I often use is "I will assume that you have no objection to whatever I am proposing if I do not hear from you by xxxxx."  ;D

[Syt]

If there is an email that I absolutely need someone to respond, I give him/his secretary a call.

That's something I try to avoid. Talking to someone who is in rural Eastern Europe on a cell phone reception and has a nearly unintelligeable Eastern accent on their English is an exercise in both futility and frustration. Reading their mangled English in their mails is bad enough.

[Syt]

Case in point:

"Dear Colleges,"

[Syt]

Another thing that seriosly ticks me off:

Colleagues not knowing basic functions of new software (Office 2007, Outlook etc.). Most common reply when you tell them how to do something better or easier:
"Well, I don't have time to play around with the program to find where's what."

[Ed Anger]

Another thing that seriosly ticks me off:

Colleagues not knowing basic functions of new software (Office 2007, Outlook etc.). Most common reply when you tell them how to do something better or easier:
"Well, I don't have time to play around with the program to find where's what."

But I don't. In this age of new paradigms, and win-win situations, I have to maximize my time to ensure possibilities for the future.

[Syt]

I hope Siegebreaker molests your avatar.

[Ed Anger]

I hope Siegebreaker molests your avatar.

Robert Reed is in line first.

[Monoriu]

Another thing that seriosly ticks me off:

Colleagues not knowing basic functions of new software (Office 2007, Outlook etc.). Most common reply when you tell them how to do something better or easier:
"Well, I don't have time to play around with the program to find where's what."

Well, I have to say I don't bother with software stuff either, even though I am supposed to be in tech support.  99.9% of the functions in Word or Excel are useless/too complicated for me anyway.  No point to move beyond my comfort zone.  To me, software is just a tool.  My boss doesn't care if I know software or not.  He wants a document in front of him.  As long as I know the most basic Word stuff, that's good enough for me, and for him.

[Grey Fox]

Another thing that seriosly ticks me off:

Colleagues not knowing basic functions of new software (Office 2007, Outlook etc.). Most common reply when you tell them how to do something better or easier:
"Well, I don't have time to play around with the program to find where's what."

Well, I have to say I don't bother with software stuff either, even though I am supposed to be in tech support.  99.9% of the functions in Word or Excel are useless/too complicated for me anyway.  No point to move beyond my comfort zone.  To me, software is just a tool.  My boss doesn't care if I know software or not.  He wants a document in front of him.  As long as I know the most basic Word stuff, that's good enough for me, and for him.

That's not true. About 60% of the functions in Excel or Word, if you knew them, would make your job much much easier.

[Monoriu]

That's not true. About 60% of the functions in Excel or Word, if you knew them, would make your job much much easier.

Say, my boss writes on a page with his handwriting, gives the page to me and wants me to type it out for him.  I fail to see how any function in Word can help me.  Except maybe spellcheck, which I already use.

Or, immediately after the meeting, my boss says he wants the notes of the meeting in 60 minutes and not a second less.  During that 60 minutes, when I am pulling my hair off trying to figure out who said what, I am not going to be terribly receptive to suggestions about which combination of key strokes equals "paste".

[Grallon]

We use Lotus Notes.  Alll you need to do is create mailing rules that handle the traffic by transfering emails of certain types into pre-defined folders which you can empty from time to time.




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[Grey Fox]

Control + V or Shift + Insert.

Okay, maybe not for you.

But I like how, here, we have a test software that outputs all it's results in a neat excel sheets.

[Monoriu]

Control + V or Shift + Insert.

Okay, maybe not for you.

But I like how, here, we have a test software that outputs all it's results in a neat excel sheets.

I go to the toolbar, find "edit", pull down the menu, and find whatever command I need.