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By: Bradester
My best friend, F, recently got a job as an events coordinator for a local nonprofit. This organization hosts several cultural events and the like each year. F helps plan and promote these events.
This past week she sent out a mass email to local businesspeople promoting a charitable golf tournament. Rather than placing the recipients' email addresses in the 'Blind Carbon Copy' field, she made the mistake of putting them all in the 'To' field, meaning that each address was visible to everyone else.
She got a couple responses from people who were somewhat put out, but not angry, basically informing her of the problem.
Then there was Data Guy.
Data Guy sent a nasty reply from a different email address bemoaning the fact that he was now spammer fodder, berating the organization for its 'unprofessional' conduct. His agitation was understandable, though not his manner of displaying it.
The real problem was the fact that he hit the REPLY TO ALL button (900+ addresses), calling for everyone to personally contact my friend (making sure to prominently display her email address and phone number) and chew her out. Didn't have the testicular fortitude to sign his name, either. Pot? There's a Kettle on line one for you.
Fortunately, everyone else on the mailing list seems to have matured beyond 7th grade and hasn't rallied around Data Guy's "cause." I'd like to find out his name so I know never to make use of his services.
I'd like to hope that he realizes HE'S the unprofessional shetbag... wait, no I don't. A shot of Instant Karma for the gentleman over there, and a big frosty mug of Schadenfreude for me, please.
By: Bradester
My best friend, F, recently got a job as an events coordinator for a local nonprofit. This organization hosts several cultural events and the like each year. F helps plan and promote these events.
This past week she sent out a mass email to local businesspeople promoting a charitable golf tournament. Rather than placing the recipients' email addresses in the 'Blind Carbon Copy' field, she made the mistake of putting them all in the 'To' field, meaning that each address was visible to everyone else.
She got a couple responses from people who were somewhat put out, but not angry, basically informing her of the problem.
Then there was Data Guy.
Data Guy sent a nasty reply from a different email address bemoaning the fact that he was now spammer fodder, berating the organization for its 'unprofessional' conduct. His agitation was understandable, though not his manner of displaying it.
The real problem was the fact that he hit the REPLY TO ALL button (900+ addresses), calling for everyone to personally contact my friend (making sure to prominently display her email address and phone number) and chew her out. Didn't have the testicular fortitude to sign his name, either. Pot? There's a Kettle on line one for you.
Fortunately, everyone else on the mailing list seems to have matured beyond 7th grade and hasn't rallied around Data Guy's "cause." I'd like to find out his name so I know never to make use of his services.
I'd like to hope that he realizes HE'S the unprofessional shetbag... wait, no I don't. A shot of Instant Karma for the gentleman over there, and a big frosty mug of Schadenfreude for me, please.
I hate it when people use Reply to All. Every so often, they'll send out a company-wide email at my job, which isn't the problem. Only certain people are authorized to do that.
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