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Itissunnysomewhere · 2024-12-04T10:43:52+00:00

I mean, I always tick to say I won't give one. But I think it's a really aggressive move and really inappropriate. There shouldn't be an expectation of immediate response to emails

peachgreen · 04/12/2024 11:17

I agree OP. It's rude and annoying. And pointless, because everyone just clicks "don't send".

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Itissunnysomewhere · 04/12/2024 11:17

PointsSouth · 04/12/2024 11:13

Why do you think you need to action it as soon as you've read it?

If it's not that you think you should, but you think that the sender will think you should, I'd suggest that the sort of person who'll give you a hard time for not acting as soon as you've read it is also likely to give you a hard time for not reading it as soon as you've received it.

In which case, your problem isn't the technology, it's the arseholes you work with.

I suppose there's also the possibility that you think you should action it as soon as you've read it because you expect other people to action those you send as soon as they've read them. If that were that case, then you'd be the arsehole they work with. In this case though, I don't think that applies.

Still, I don't think read-receipts are essentially a bad thing.

Edited

Definitely not my expectation of people. And yes you are right, the handful of people who do it are all generally arseholes about everything (not my colleagues, external people I deal with)

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GargoylesofBeelzebub · 04/12/2024 11:16

I also think it's aggressive. Really bugs me.

dreamingofsun · 04/12/2024 11:15

some of the people i dealt with had hundreds of emails each day which they had to read during meetings. so they would ignore loads. If i had to have something actioned (especially quickly) or had to prove they had opened it then that was the logical way to do it.

PointsSouth · 04/12/2024 11:13

Why do you think you need to action it as soon as you've read it?

If it's not that you think you should, but you think that the sender will think you should, I'd suggest that the sort of person who'll give you a hard time for not acting as soon as you've read it is also likely to give you a hard time for not reading it as soon as you've received it.

In which case, your problem isn't the technology, it's the arseholes you work with.

I suppose there's also the possibility that you think you should action it as soon as you've read it because you expect other people to action those you send as soon as they've read them. If that were that case, then you'd be the arsehole they work with. In this case though, I don't think that applies.

Still, I don't think read-receipts are essentially a bad thing.

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Itissunnysomewhere · 04/12/2024 11:09

JetskiSkyJumper · 04/12/2024 10:56

Wouldn't bother me. It's so they know you've received it so someone can't later say they didn't get it/see it.

As someone in a highly regulated profession given a huge amount of trust, it's actually quite offensive for someone to effectively be implying that they expect me to lie though. So if that is the reason it is an outrageous one.

I expect the actual reason is to try and make their request "jump the queue" , but I am too long in the tooth to be put under pressure by those sorts of techniques

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BashfulClam · 04/12/2024 11:03

I just always tick no as I usually read my e-mails straight away then flag them is I need to do anything.

JetskiSkyJumper · 04/12/2024 10:56

Wouldn't bother me. It's so they know you've received it so someone can't later say they didn't get it/see it.

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Itissunnysomewhere · 04/12/2024 10:49

Before someone asks - I got a request for one this morning just before I was leaving to go to a hospital appointment.

I have read the email. But won't be able to action or reply today

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CyranoDeBergerQuack · 04/12/2024 10:46

It's more to let the sender know it's been read, rather than demanding an immediate response.
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