If you want to share jokes via email, please be courteous. But what does it mean to be email-joke courteous mean in 2006? Here are my four simple rules:
- Friendly only
- Funny only
- No "forwards"
- No attachments
Now, I've shared these four email etiquette rules with my friends, colleagues, and family -- but I STILL get people that think it's OK to attach a copy of a 15 mg jokey video under the guise of keeping in touch or making me laugh.
Even if it's hysterical...it's still not funny.
Truth is, I love laughing. But when I'm working, a funny email from a friend goes into my personal file for me to read at the end of the day or during the weekend. But here's a problem: those "funny" attachments prevent me from quickly getting to the emails that have actual work related attachments. A monster attachment can actually get between me and my clients.
In this 5 minute podcast, I outline the four above rules, and give listeners alternate methods of staying in touch via funny emails.
So friends: don't stop emailing me jokes: just follow the rules! And if you have rules to add (or subtract)...let me know. Use the "comment" link below to offer your feedback.
¶ 3/17/2006 05:46:00 PM
