Email etiquette

[Bigfoot]

It may just be me, but I view an email, as a fairly private matter. I see it as a personal conversation. I know that conversation can be shared with others, and forwarded to others. Personally, I'm not going to forward our private conversation, nor will I let others read it. I am in a little back and forth email discussion with a few people about a rodeo matter. Obviously I feel I'm right, and defending my position. Obviously, the other side feels they are right, and are defending their position. We've been hacking at it for about a week now. The actual problem is not the matter, and who's right, and who's wrong. It's been very civil, for a few days now. Yesterday, one of the gentlemen involved in the discussions wife sent out a nasty gram in this group email to me, under her husbands email address. What she said, wasn't that big of deal. She actually had no idea what she was talking about, and ended up looking like a fool. It just struck me as odd, that I was in a discussion with a fellow board member, and suddenly his wife weighs in on it. She doesn't have a vote anyway. I'm used to emails where I work. Everything is pretty confidential there. Is it fairly common to pass email conversations around? Can't say I've ever seen that move before.

 

[M-5]

Well apparently he has no control over his wife and I suspect that's why the disagreement with you. He has no backbone. I usually use another word to describe this type of man but I'll leave that to your imagination.

 

[Bigfoot]

I think I know that word.

 

[inyati13]

Bigfoot, is it appropriate to bring this issue to a forum? Please control yourself. You are denigrating the wife of a fellow Rodeo Board member. Now M-5 is attacking a man he does not know. Shame on both of you. Regardless of her actions, show some restraint.

 

[Bigfoot]

It wasn't as much about her making a change purse out of her husbands scrotum, as it was do people actually pass around emails Couldn't resist. Sorry.

 

[Jogeephus]

I don't do e-mails unless I have to. I still prefer the phone. Everyone should have one and they are really easy to use. Much easier than texting or e-mailing people. I'm afraid this next generation is going to face some tremendous neck problems when they get older after all those years of walking around staring at their feet.

 

[dun]

It wasn't as much about her making a change purse out of her husbands scrotum, as it was do people actually pass around emails Couldn't resist. Sorry.

Depends on the person. If I was having a lively discussion with some horses a$$ I might mention to my wife what a HA he is but not the subject matter.

 

[dun]

I don't do e-mails unless I have to. I still prefer the phone. Everyone should have one and they are really easy to use. Much easier than texting or e-mailing people. I'm afraid this next generation is going to face some tremendous neck problems when they get older after all those years of walking around staring at their feet.

The problem with the phone is you have to listen to other person drone on about stuff that isn;t of interest. Emails are typically kept short and to the point.

 

[Jogeephus]

I don't do e-mails unless I have to. I still prefer the phone. Everyone should have one and they are really easy to use. Much easier than texting or e-mailing people. I'm afraid this next generation is going to face some tremendous neck problems when they get older after all those years of walking around staring at their feet.

The problem with the phone is you have to listen to other person drone on about stuff that isn;t of interest. Emails are typically kept short and to the point.

You have a valid point there but I still prefer the phone. Would prefer a text if its something short like, "left a key on the fence post" or something like that.

 

[dun]

I don't do e-mails unless I have to. I still prefer the phone. Everyone should have one and they are really easy to use. Much easier than texting or e-mailing people. I'm afraid this next generation is going to face some tremendous neck problems when they get older after all those years of walking around staring at their feet.

The problem with the phone is you have to listen to other person drone on about stuff that isn;t of interest. Emails are typically kept short and to the point.

You have a valid point there but I still prefer the phone. Would prefer a text if its something short like, "left a key on the fence post" or something like that.

I'm not a fan of texts either. It takes longer to type the message than it's worth

 

[inyati13]

It wasn't as much about her making a change purse out of her husbands scrotum, as it was do people actually pass around emails Couldn't resist. Sorry.

I wish you Goodnight.
:nod:
:tiphat:

 

[greybeard]

I don't do e-mails unless I have to. I still prefer the phone. Everyone should have one and they are really easy to use. Much easier than texting or e-mailing people. I'm afraid this next generation is going to face some tremendous neck problems when they get older after all those years of walking around staring at their feet.

The problem with the phone is you have to listen to other person drone on about stuff that isn;t of interest. Emails are typically kept short and to the point.

Yep, but you can hang up the phone any time ya want to and they will just drone on and on not realizing you aren't listening. (if it's a cell phone) I do it with one of my sisters all the time.

 

[Ryder]

I don't do e-mails unless I have to. I still prefer the phone. Everyone should have one and they are really easy to use. Much easier than texting or e-mailing people. I'm afraid this next generation is going to face some tremendous neck problems when they get older after all those years of walking around staring at their feet.

What phone?
Did you finally get your obummer phone :?:

 

[Jogeephus]

I don't do e-mails unless I have to. I still prefer the phone. Everyone should have one and they are really easy to use. Much easier than texting or e-mailing people. I'm afraid this next generation is going to face some tremendous neck problems when they get older after all those years of walking around staring at their feet.

What phone?
Did you finally get your obummer phone :?:

Not yet but I'm working on it. Bernie has promised me yours.

 

[Commercialfarmer]

Work related emails are generally confidential as well. My non-work related email account, I pretty much expect my wife to read. Otherwise, who's going to remember what I'm supposed to be doing and when I'm supposed to be doing it?

I say that jokingly but also in earnest. I often put in a lot of hours in a short period of time. When I get home and haven't slept much if any in past couple of days, I'm pretty spent. She'll generally check my texts and emails for anything important and time sensitive. She's pretty much my calendar as well. But she'd never respond or get in the middle of something like that.

 

[Caustic Burno]

It may just be me, but I view an email, as a fairly private matter. I see it as a personal conversation. I know that conversation can be shared with others, and forwarded to others. Personally, I'm not going to forward our private conversation, nor will I let others read it. I am in a little back and forth email discussion with a few people about a rodeo matter. Obviously I feel I'm right, and defending my position. Obviously, the other side feels they are right, and are defending their position. We've been hacking at it for about a week now. The actual problem is not the matter, and who's right, and who's wrong. It's been very civil, for a few days now. Yesterday, one of the gentlemen involved in the discussions wife sent out a nasty gram in this group email to me, under her husbands email address. What she said, wasn't that big of deal. She actually had no idea what she was talking about, and ended up looking like a fool. It just struck me as odd, that I was in a discussion with a fellow board member, and suddenly his wife weighs in on it. She doesn't have a vote anyway. I'm used to emails where I work. Everything is pretty confidential there. Is it fairly common to pass email conversations around? Can't say I've ever seen that move before.

I agree 100 percent they are a private conversation and I hate them.
Never seen one that didn't start more trouble than was worth.
Got to the point at work I wouldn't hardly answer one I would pick up the phone to reply. It always amazed how you could write something and in your head it was saying this and the guy on the other end something completely different

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

I send and receive 100's of emails a month. 99% are related to my job. I couldn't do busness without them.

Yes, Bigfoot, they should be considered to be private, but you better believe they aren't.

 

[pdfangus]

never considered anything I sent over the internet to be in any way private....

anyone can BCC any e-mail and you will never know it....

can't recall the number of times something from this forum turned up on a google search...even some stuff I posted...

 

[M-5]

Inyati, I did not say anything that I would not say to that man or anyone else for that matter. I have on numerous occasions told a man in front of his wife that if he couldn't control her mouth then we were done. This is not a backward archaic view of women , I love women and they get respect and honor from me but when one butts into business that's not hers she deserves to know what I think. Heck my wife tells me what she thinks behind closed doors but she has enough respect for me not to intervene in my dealings by sending an email or butting into a situation. these type of women have a special name too.

 

[HDRider]

Email rule #1

Never put anything in an email you don't want the world to see.