I receive emails intended for the wrong person all of the time. When this happens I do one of two things: (1) Reply to the sender stating I shouldn't have received this. (For example: I did this a few weeks ago when someones secretary sent me their bosses American Express login) or (2) Just delete the message.
Tonight, I received an email that was sent to the wrong distribution list. Truth be told, I have no idea what the original email was about but here are the emails that followed:
Email Reply #1: I don't think I was suppose to get the invoice, or information below.
Email Reply #2: Nor I
Email Reply #3: I don’t know anything about this either. I think I received it by mistake.
Email Reply #4: Same.
Email Reply #5: Everybody stop replying to ALL, thx
Email Reply #6: Everyone knows this went to the wrong distribution list. Please just delete it and stop replying to all.
Email Reply #7: Looks like you’re sending these emails to EVERYONE. I don’t think everyone needs to be informed of this incident. Thanks.
Email Reply #8: Many received this message in error. Please recall this message and re-send to the intended recipients. To everyone who received in error, please do not “Reply to All” otherwise everyone’s going to get their inboxes loaded with everyone’s response that the message was received in error.
Email Reply #9: Would everyone quit hitting “Reply All”.
Email Reply #10: I don’t know anything about this.
Email Reply #11: Please….No MORE!
Email Reply #12: FYI, I have been getting all of these emails!!!!!!! For some reason you all have included me and I do not know anything about this, please stop.
Email Reply #13: Me either.
Email Reply #14: Please accept my apologies, I just auto forwarded the to your distribution list. This message was sent in error, please ignore.
8 comments:
I cannot stand the 'reply to all' club! Are they dumb? What's up with that?!
I'm guessing Brian Lutz was one of the recipients. ;)
When you are replying all to everybody to tell them to stop replying all aren't you just feeding the problem? If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear, does it make a sound? Ah, the great philosophical questions of the world.
And it continues this morning. 5 new Reply all emails on the same subject.
We need to remove the Reply All Button and make people type each individual name.
from reply 6 on, completely unnecessary
(not that the first 4 were needed, but 5 should have cleared it all up)
We are over 40 replies as of now.
Total count at end (939 am) was 79 stupid emails
SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED AY MY OFFICE ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO. IT STARTED OUT ANNOYING AND THEN TURNED INTO THE FUNNIEST THING.
If you receive a chocolate cake in error, it was intended for me. If this happens do this one thing: email me and I'll pick it up pronto!
A belated Happy Chocolate Cake Day!
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