What's a guy to do? I try to be politically correct. I try not to curse. I try not to mention controversial subjects, I even try to be nice. I have an nagging problem that I need to get solved, and then I get slammed because I feel it's high priority. Jeezzeeee!
John Cooper wrote: > Lots of us actually have day jobs that are not Ercoupe related. Some of us > on the cutting edge use e-mail in the course of those jobs. If we're way > out there on the bleeding, we may even have some automated way that our > customers and co-workers can use e-mail in creative ways to alert us to > things that are critical to our situations. To that end, my company > forwards messages marked "high importance" to the short messaging system of > my PCS carrier. My phone beeps incessently and the name of the sender and > date and subject line show up on the screen, so I can drop what ever I'm > doing and attend to the crisis. Or explain to those around me how it's > something that isn't important... > > So please consider the following two things. > > 1) Use the high importance flag only when the message you're sending is of > high importance to the recepient. (not just the sender). Example: You have > unrefutable information that all Ercoupes are to explode at 5:45 PM today. > > 2) Consider never using it in the context of a list, since it's unlikely > that everyone on the list will think it's that important anyhow (refer to > previous example). > > Thanks for your consideration. > > John (I could loose my job over profanity in my inbox) Cooper > > > So 2 Ercoupes walk into a bar. "Give me a shot of Vaporloch" says the > first > > one. "Straight up or on the rocks?" says the bartender. "Better make it > > straight up" says the second, "Ice always gives you auto gas."
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