[:plant:] Thanks, but no thanks

There are two types of people that bug me more than anything else in terms of office email: those who send one word "thanks" emails, and those that put the entire body of their email in the subject line.

I realize that your mother taught you that it's polite to always say thank you, but if everyone did this with emails, our inboxes would explode. Just because I sent you that report you asked for, or added your name to a meeting, doesn't mean you have to send an email thanking me. I understand the sentiment, and if I went out of my way to help you, ok, but don't make me open and delete countless emails just because I did my job. It's a good way to make me delete your emails without reading them.

Becoming more and more common are the folks that type out entire paragraphs in the subject line, and put nothing in the body. I'm guilty of maybe putting a sentence if it's a yes/no question, but if it's going to turn into a back and forth conversation, stop being lazy and put the message where it belongs. Actual email subject I got this morning: "Hi Nutty is [your boss] available after Sr. Policy today at 5pm to speak with [my boss]? They can just meet after Sr. Policy and walk back over together. [YB] wanted to discuss Japan Events with her, but [MB] was on travel yesterday. Thanks!" I want to walk downstairs and slap this person.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

If they're sent sparingly, when you've done something worthy of praise, sure. I'm talking about people who send a thank you every time you do the slightest thing for them. There are people here that will send me multiple thank yous in a day.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Isn't the latest reply at the top? Otherwise you might lose the context of the conversation if you start deleting old parts of it.

Sass brings up an important point about email signatures. Goofy quotes, especially mildly religious ones, are irritating. What's worse is when someone doesn't have an email signature, and you're desperately trying to find a phone number for that person, and realize that it's not in their email like a normal person.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.