The Curse Of Confusing Emails
from the learn-to-write-clearly! dept
Apparently the new scourge of the workplace is difficult to decipher emails. A recent survey suggests that 40% people end up wasting half an hour to three hours a day trying to understand "inefficiently" written emails. It makes you wonder what's wrong with replying and asking for clarification -- but maybe that's included in the time wasting aspect of it all. In the meantime, this seems like a worthy subject for our own totally unscientific (and somewhat silly) poll. So, have at it: How Much Time Do You Waste With Confusing Emails? And, if you need help in writing emails more "efficiently," perhaps you should talk to some of those kids who are text messaging all the time. After all, their writing skills have apparently improved.
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Um, I'm sorry, can you clarify?The Curse Of Confusing Emails
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from the learn-to-write-clearly! dept
Apparently the new scourge of the workplace is difficult to decipher emails. A recent survey suggests that 40% people end up wasting half an hour to three hours a day trying to understand "inefficiently" written emails. It makes you wonder what's wrong with replying and asking for clarification -- but maybe that's included in the time wasting aspect of it all. In the meantime, this seems like a worthy subject for our own totally unscientific (and somewhat silly) poll. So, have at it: How Much Time Do You Waste With Confusing Emails? And, if you need help in writing emails more "efficiently," perhaps you should talk to some of those kids who are text messaging all the time. After all, their writing skills have apparently improved.
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Apparently the new scourge of the workplace is difficult to decipher emails. A recent survey suggests that 40% people end up wasting half an hour to three hours a day trying to understand "inefficiently" written emails. It makes you wonder what's wrong with replying and asking for clarification -- but maybe that's included in the time wasting aspect of it all. In the meantime, this seems like a worthy subject for our own totally unscientific (and somewhat silly) poll. So, have at it: How Much Time Do You Waste With Confusing Emails? And, if you need help in writing emails more "efficiently," perhaps you should talk to some of those kids who are text messaging all the time. After all, their writing skills have apparently improved.
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shutdown of system and you sent below that you are working on Apache so
that's why this email used"
Actual email I got.
Perhaps it's because a lot of us work with Indians that cannot write a proper email to begin with. Like it or not, the language barrier does exist and sometimes it can impede progress.
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Writing sensible email messages
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wasted time on email
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So I saw some deers on the roads while I was out getting the mails ...
Really, any confusion depends on similarly bad grammar. I find myself asking if the writer was asking a statement or if he was stating a question, but that's usually the most confusing part.
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