Stop CC'ing me after the fact Mar21 '07

Did you ever see The Office episode where Stanley says something like, "Stop CC'ing me on emails that I have nothing to do with."

Here's my request: Stop CC'ing me on email threads where I wasn't part of the original discussion. This is very aggravating.

I end up having to read through every response, and try to decipher everyone's half-assed sentences, and poor language usage.

In the end, who wants what? I have no idea, but I do know I just wasted 10 minutes.

Here is a tip to the individual who likes to CC everybody after the fact: Plopping more email addresses into the CC field will not help speed up resolution of the problem. You're better off creating a brand new email, and summing up the main points into a paragraph or two.

Don't force each new recipient to plow through everyone's response, and then expect them to fully understand what needs to be done.

It's just laziness.

(I have a feeling this is preluding to a longer topic on my recent thoughts that email is no longer a useful tool.)

For the record, it's OK to CC me when:

The email is being sent for the first time, ie: I'm part of the original discussion.

After that, any new individuals should not be added to the CC list, until a new email is started.

Categories: Annoyances , Email , Rants

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