Let's Cc: The World!
Monday, July 7, 2008 at 06:05PM Like the "world" really gives two shits about email banter...
Danny Conrad has really done it this time and I'm conjuring up a payback plan as I write this now. 
There is nothing that peeves me more than being copied on every single email thread that contains absolutely no value to me nor my department; where no response is needed, no opinions required, hence, no expectations. All this does is fill up my mailbox til I hit the maximum storage limit. Then I spend the rest of the fucking day filing emails away. It would be simpler to hit the delete button, but then I open my ass up to free spankings if I'm not careful.
POINT #1: I hate when people copy me on everything. I NEVER do that because I know how annoying it could be!
Danny, of course, doesn't get it. He got burned a few times for not copying the appropriate individuals on emails that had critical and urgent contents in it. So, in a way, I understand why he chooses to copy the world on everything. But in this situation, it was completely unnecessary.
I started the email chain asking for his ETA on reviewing a Statement of Work from one of our suppliers, indicating the urgency in finalizing by end of day Thursday, 07/03/08, to prevent project timeline risk. He responds to my email with the following response:
"My review cannot be completed in the timeline you allotted. Any good Program Manager should know contract reviews don't happen over night. I will be out of the office until 07/11/08 and will get my review in then. In the meantime, if this creates missed target dates, there will be serious consequences from the business areas." -D. Conrad
Oh, and this went out to approximately 15 recipients on copy, including the Division CIO and two VP's. How idiotic is he?!?! There's gotta' be 1,000 things wrong with that email. (Ok fine...more like 5 things wrong.)
POINT #2: I especially hate when people Cc: the entire world to include multiple layers of management when personal attacks are so obvious in the tone of the email.
There was a lot of back and forth from that last response and everytime I responded, I deleted recipient names. He, on the other hand, kept adding them all back in! WHY?!?!?! I don't fucking get it! Oh, but he conveniently fails to mention, that this SOW has been sitting in his inbox for the past two and half weeks (ASSHOLE!!!). The email feuding went a few more rotations but in the end, he managed to berate me amongst my peers and colleagues, criticize the way I do my job, and make himself look like the biggest fucking prick in the organization! HA!!!!
Maybe I don't need a good payback plan after all. But I'm still open to suggestions, thoughts, etc...
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Reader Comments (10)
You can try setting bear traps around his desk and lacing his coffee mug with Drano. Didn't exactly work for me, but it does send a potent message. You know what they say: "Attempted murder is mightier than the pen." Or something like that...
By the way, great error message...
I thought of that Jason based on your prior posts. Unfortunately, I'd be the first one investigated for two reasons: (1) We have a history, and (2) I actually do have a motive.
ROFLMAO on the error message!
I hate that too!
don't let him get to you TB...you're holding up pretty well so far, but i could only imagine all the unnecessary stress he puts you through.
so when do the free spankings start? is there a line?
I hate being cc'd all the time. Guess people think I care....
:-)
You are hilarious!!!!
Girlie Sue, he still gets to me. I just handle him differently these days.
Nico, silly boy, spankings are never free=P
I have a different, related, peeve.. people talking at length for days about issues directly related to things I've implemented before someone actually takes a look at the commit log and decides to include me, at which point it takes me 10 minutes to resolve. Meanwhile they're being paid 3x what I am to send pointless email back and forth.
Oh, and I just set Outlook to archive locally after 30 days. That way I can keep records going back years and still keep my inbox on the imap/exchange server with plenty of space.
Fishy 5 - Yes, that too is a huge peeve of mine as well.
Thanks for the contribution!