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Speaker 1: The most annoying thing that someone can do in an email.

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Speaker 2: I know, Jason, Oh god, I know, Jason.

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Speaker 1: Probably you probably receive and send more emails at times

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Speaker 1: fifty than anybody on this show. But eight five five

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Speaker 1: five one three five what comes to mind immediately, because

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Speaker 1: there is one phrase that apparently sets people off more

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Speaker 1: than any other. Now, for me, there are a few,

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Speaker 1: and I'm guilty of some of them too, and I

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Speaker 1: have the best intentions. But the ones that I think

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Speaker 1: I do that probably annoys people is some kind of

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Speaker 1: salutation at the beginning, like Hey, I hope you're well

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Speaker 1: or hope everything's good or whatever, you know, Like I'm

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Speaker 1: trying to set the mood, like hey, I hope you're great.

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Speaker 1: And then here's the thing I want you to do

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Speaker 1: that you probably don't want to do. Or here's the

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Speaker 1: thing I'm asking from you that you don't want to

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Speaker 1: that you probably you're not going to want to do. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And I think that annoys people.

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Speaker 3: I've stopped that because I used to think, like, oh,

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Speaker 3: I have to like open nights, you know, But now

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Speaker 3: I'm like, no, just get right to it, because I

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Speaker 3: hate when I have to like read through the amultiple paragraphs.

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Speaker 3: But I think, like I hate and I think it's

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Speaker 3: like super condescending is when someone puts like the dot

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Speaker 3: dot dot after something because I feel like you're eluding,

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Speaker 3: like I'm stupid, Like I feel like you have like

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Speaker 3: an attitude if you're like, okay, dot dot dot dot,

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Speaker 3: Like why why are you hitting the dots so many times?

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Speaker 1: I think you are saying that like that you're you're

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Speaker 1: the dots are implying a dramatic pause.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like what all right?

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Speaker 1: But I need you to know there's like an all

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Speaker 1: right and then it's silence afterwards, right.

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Speaker 3: Like Hello, I did see this in an email that

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Speaker 3: was not directed on me, but I love it and

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Speaker 3: I kind of want to like utilize it. But it's

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Speaker 3: said thank you in advance for your comprehensionstanding yeah, but

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Speaker 3: like no, it was thank you like in advance, like

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Speaker 3: you're going to read this and comprehend it. And I'm

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Speaker 3: thinking you in advance because you're going to do it.

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Speaker 3: I'm like, is savage the.

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Speaker 1: One that drives me on that note one? The other

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Speaker 1: one drives me crazy? Is action required?

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Speaker 2: Oh with a little the little what is the exclamation point? Action?

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Speaker 1: Require Oh oh, so your email requires me to actually

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Speaker 1: do something. I'm like all the other emails I get nope,

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Speaker 1: but apparently I don't do anything with you said.

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Speaker 3: Right in line, and when I get to you, I

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Speaker 3: get you can put whatever, you can put exclamation points,

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Speaker 3: start it.

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Speaker 2: What we don't want to do? Action't required?

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Speaker 1: Okay, Well, a lot of emails that people send me

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Speaker 1: throughout the day require me to respond or do something.

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Speaker 1: So why is your Why does yours have to say

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Speaker 1: action required?

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Speaker 2: Every one of them does. It's annoying, action needed, urgent? Yeah,

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Speaker 2: you got me going out here, you got me going out.

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Speaker 1: Just checking in is consider one of the worst phrases

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Speaker 1: to put in an email, isn't it kind of implied

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Speaker 1: by the fact that I sent the email. Yeah, just

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Speaker 1: or or if I'm circling back, just checking in is like, hey, dumbass,

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Speaker 1: why didn't you read the other email I sent you?

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Speaker 1: Why haven't you responded to the other thing I sent you?

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Speaker 1: That's what you're saying, you think?

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Speaker 4: So I like saying just following up because sometimes I

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Speaker 4: think people don't read or emails as maybe as much

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Speaker 4: as I do. Like I'll say, hey, just following up,

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Speaker 4: And sometimes these you appreciative because I'll say, oh, thank

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Speaker 4: you so much, like com believe forgot to respond, and

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Speaker 4: I don't think no one's mad at me, but now

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Speaker 4: I'm reconcerned.

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Speaker 3: Don't follow up with me. That's my biggest path. I

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Speaker 3: read it and if I when I have it, I

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Speaker 3: will get it to you. I promise I read it.

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Speaker 2: I'll stop.

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Speaker 1: Oh wow, I wouldn't mind it follow up like, because.

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Speaker 4: I'm going to follow up if I get that, and

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Speaker 4: I'll be like, oh, thank you so much for reminding me.

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Speaker 4: But I think I'm just wired that way. I don't

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Speaker 4: know where to meet. Doesn't it doesn't bother me because

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Speaker 4: I do it to other people.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I would just ask the question again. I don't

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Speaker 1: think I would say I copy and paste.

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Speaker 3: I copy the previous message and just repast it like

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Speaker 3: two days later and be like hello a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I'm not ultra sensitive as you know about these kind

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Speaker 1: of things, but like the the like, I don't, I don't.

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Speaker 1: I don't read too much into it. But it's just

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Speaker 1: following up is kind of like, Hey, what it says

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Speaker 1: to me is, hey, remember I sent this to you already,

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Speaker 1: and apparently you didn't you know, I wasn't important enough

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Speaker 1: for you to say anything.

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Speaker 2: So here I am again.

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Speaker 1: So I think I would just ask the question again,

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Speaker 1: just be like, hey, still needing answer, I still need

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Speaker 1: an answer on this or whatever.

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Speaker 2: Just be very direct.

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Speaker 1: I think just checking in, according to one expert, doesn't

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Speaker 1: accomplish the task it seemingly needs to, which is to

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Speaker 1: force the issue or expedite the to do item other

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Speaker 1: things that people drive them crazy and they're texting. I

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Speaker 1: hope this email finds you well. I feel like I've

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Speaker 1: written something like that before and I mean it.

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Speaker 2: I mean it. It never does that.

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Speaker 1: But I'm not I'm not gonna I'm not gonna well,

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Speaker 1: neither of mine, which is why I'm hoping you're well.

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Speaker 4: I'm not.

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Speaker 1: I'm not well, and I can just avoid asking me

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Speaker 1: if I am, and most people don't. But I'm hoping

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Speaker 1: that you are. Thanks in advance, Please advise all the

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Speaker 1: best or best.

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Speaker 2: I don't know why that's annoying.

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Speaker 1: Best and sincerely, and that's like I'm something nan I

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Speaker 1: would write in a handwritten letter to my grandfather and

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Speaker 1: who's at war or something. Sincerely, I don't know, you know, no, no,

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Speaker 1: I guess that Thanks in advance is like, I'm asking

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Speaker 1: you to do something, so I'm thanking you now because

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Speaker 1: it's an email and I won't necessarily see you to

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Speaker 1: follow up to tell you thank you again. So I

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Speaker 1: guess I don't know why that one's so bad.

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Speaker 2: Thanks in advance for your comprehension.

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Speaker 1: Impatient repetition, per our conversation, confirming receipt, just checking in

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Speaker 1: any updates on this. Again, I don't know if that's unfair,

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Speaker 1: because again, if you're if you're emailing someone and and

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Speaker 1: you require information from them to complete the task you're

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Speaker 1: supposed to complete, then I guess I don't see a

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Speaker 1: problem with saying hey, I need this, Yeah, Like that

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Speaker 1: doesn't hit me as bad as following up or circling

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Speaker 1: as per my last email, that.

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Speaker 4: I got something for you below that you can do it.

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Speaker 3: That lazy that you can't actually type your question you

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Speaker 3: want to read through a five mile long threat?

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Speaker 2: Why not? But the per conversation is that bad?

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Speaker 4: Because I feel like if you have a conversation with

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Speaker 4: let's just say your cowork or your boss in person, like,

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Speaker 4: wouldn't you want to up an email or recap it in.

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Speaker 1: I could just I could just keep going with the

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Speaker 1: subject matter, and I don't have to be, hey, dumb ass,

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Speaker 1: remember what we talked about. I could just I don't

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Speaker 1: have to say. I could just keep going or give

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Speaker 1: them what they ask for. If they're too dumb to

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Speaker 1: remember the conversation that we had, you know, five minutes ago,

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Speaker 1: then is that really a me?

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Speaker 4: I think it's more of just like paper trailing yourself

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Speaker 4: of just being like, hey, we spoke on this day, kind.

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Speaker 2: Of just for your own record, this happened. Yeah, what

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Speaker 2: thing is that? Yeah? I don't work in corporate, but

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Speaker 2: that seems like it would be.

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Speaker 1: People don't like cheery responses, Happy Monday Happy. This emojis

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Speaker 1: colored fonts. I don't like when people color. I don't

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Speaker 1: And God bless my mom, but she uses like your

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Speaker 1: team font. It's like blue or pink or red, and

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Speaker 1: it's like not standard font. And I love my mom

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Speaker 1: so much, but it's like there is a standard format

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Speaker 1: for writing emails and it's where our eyes are used

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Speaker 1: to seeing and it's easy on the eyes. But she

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Speaker 1: uses like a curse up font and like and it's

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Speaker 1: like get another right right, yeah, to use an HTMO, I.

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Speaker 2: Will bold something that One thing about me, is I

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Speaker 2: will bold. Oh I've noticed condition, but you don't want

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Speaker 2: to take it. You know you can bold back at me. Okay, yeah,

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Speaker 2: but we can't follow up today.

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Speaker 1: Let me see here, lack of targeting. Like if you

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Speaker 1: were to say, if you write an email to me

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Speaker 1: that says to whom it may concern, then I automatically

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Speaker 1: know that you don't know who you send the email to,

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Speaker 1: Like you automatically that this is not an email that

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Speaker 1: was even intended for you're hoping I'll respond, but you

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Speaker 1: don't know who you sent it to, cause you send

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Speaker 1: it to like a mass list or something.

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Speaker 2: So no concern. No, I'm not, I'm not. I'm not.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And if I'm in the CC line, I'm not answering,

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Speaker 3: So like, don't ask a question that you want to

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Speaker 2: Put me in the two line. You know what I'm saying?

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Speaker 1: Specific Yes, oh I see, yeah, I guess, I guess yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: if I if I'm if you're supposed to be included

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Speaker 1: versus just seeing it, then you're in the two line.

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Speaker 1: If you're on the CC line, that's these people are

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Speaker 1: doing it and I need you to make sure that

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Speaker 1: you saw it right.

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Speaker 3: That's right, Yeah, people just willy really put people in

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Speaker 3: boxes and it's like no, like there's a reason.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree with that. And then cap caps people

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Speaker 1: annoyed by caps. They don't want capital letters on stuff

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Speaker 1: because it does come off like you're yelling at me.

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Speaker 1: So I would argue the same. I would say, how

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Speaker 1: about we don't we don't want the caps. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: the one that gets everybody is just checking in.

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Speaker 2: I'll stop checking in, don't. Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Yeah,