Urgent (red) emails - do you give them low priority?

[FunkyT]

Am I the only to have instant disdain towards emails which are sent as urgent/red?

 

[neil3k]

yes

and also people who dont say please and thank you

goes straight to the bottom of my list.

 

[platypus]

I don't get enough emails to quibble.

 

[waso_dude]

I find they are usually the least pressing issues at the time! but are more the people seem to think they always come first.

 

[Saundie]

I used to work with somebody who would not only flag almost all email as urgent, but use the Outlook deadline feature with a date in the past, so the instant it hit your inbox you received a reminder notification. It confused the hell out of me the first time she did it. Of course, her emails were ignored for days, even weeks at a time as a result of it

 

[Phog]

I don't get enough emails to quibble.

Same here! I always get excited by the prospect of a fascinating email, only to be disappointed by an online stores latest 'sale'.

 

[VFR_KID]

i get them at work all the time, usualy gets done after the current job

 

[P_A_N_I_C]

managers always mark their own emals as urgent, but never read mine

 

[VFR_KID]

managers always mark their own emals as urgent, but never read mine

All of our managers are the same, usually none of us bother putting notify on unless we are talking via it, and they ask hows that email coming on, Erm what one lol

 

[Fireskull]

I find they are usually the least pressing issues at the time! but are more the people seem to think they always come first.

+1 to that, their emails go bottom regardless

 

[GravyMonster]

The emails that really grind my gears are the one's people request a 'read receipt' for - every time it asks to send one I always say no.

If it's that damn important I'll reply to it

 

[The Dread Pirate]

If they're marked urgent but are a waste of time then no your not alone if they're actually urgent then yes you are alone!

 

[Cuchulain]

Urgent work emails are normally always cc'd to my boss so I have no choice but to deal with them first or he'll nag endlessly. Anything requiring a read receipt or from customers that were at any point rude generally goes to the bottom of the list.

 

[Ucof]

The emails that really grind my gears are the one's people request a 'read receipt' for - every time it asks to send one I always say no.

If it's that damn important I'll reply to it

Same here, annoys the crap out of me.

 

[ScarySquirrel]

Same as above really, annoys me, especially the read receipt thing.

 

[bledd]

The emails that really grind my gears are the one's people request a 'read receipt' for - every time it asks to send one I always say no.

If it's that damn important I'll reply to it

I HAVE to use read receipts sometimes.. but never resort to a flag

 

[Trifid]

I've used it twice in the past 6 months, both warranted it.

I receive them more (and read receipts) quite often.

 

[Burned_Alive]

 

[Maccy]

Burned Alive has it right!

 

[Ucof]

I might start replying with:

"The is a receipt to confirm that I have read your email regarding <blah blah blah> here. I will also ignore it as it is no more important than any othe emails I have recieved today. Thank you for your time."

I'd also send a read receipt with it.