Work Email Etiquette

he still stands wrote:

Jesus, I'd cheat on him, too. I'd probably do it with someone WITHOUT herpes, whom I didn't work with, and a girl. Geez, what a wimpy little douche.

And no, I can't top that. But that isn't really about etiquette; it is more of a touchstone for pitiful tragedy and bad spelling.

JOEJOEJOE wrote:

pjtradeking wrote:

I recieved the following email about 3 weeks ago:



Scott,

Thank you for the quick response regarding this situation. It was a very hard thing to hear and take in. I am very upset at my wife and Jason ( I believe that is his name). This was such an irresponsible act on both of their parts. They should never put themselves in such a vulnerable position. The thing that upsets me the most and I don't mean to get into detail but there was no protection i.e.(Condom). Also the fact that Jason has Genital Herpes is very upseting because that is more stress to deal with. Now I have to worry about is she going to be pregnant? Or is she going to have Genital Herpes? All these things together are going to weight down on our relationship. I also understand there are to sides of the story and I feel very bad for Jason's wife being put through the same thing. As of now it is undecided if Jennifer and I will be staying together or get a divorce, it will take time to decide that. I admit I had alot of anger for Jason when I first found out, not saying it is gone. But I would appreciate it if he never contacts myself or my family and I am aware that those precautions have already taken place. I am not threatening Jason in anyway but I don't know what I will do if I ever find out who he is or what he looks like. Just remember these are just precautions I want taken, not saying I am unstable in anyway the emotions are speaking right now. Don't get me wrong Jennifer has done a lot wrong too. I don't know when I will be able to look at her the same. The trust and respect has been thrown out the window as of this point. I have a lot of personal issue that I will have to deal with. I know Jennifer loves working for this company and she asked me not to walk away from it but I am unsure at this point what I want her to do. I feel like she has put so much work into it but has not got anything in return. I know she has been promised a lot but I feel like this company has taken more money from my income that she has got in return. I feel like it has taken my relationship away from me. I don't know much about this company, I was told a little about it before by Jason but that is it. I almost feel like they were professional at work but then he put Jennifer in vulnerable position because he was her boss. She hasn't been with me since January so of course she was lonely. I don't think it is very professional for a company to have all their employee drinking together. I understand a company party on occasion but I believe there was multiple time where I called my wife and everyone was drinking 2 or 3 times that I can recall. Alcohol can make people do things they will regret and should not be taken lightly especially with employee's that work together. It doesn't make a very safe work enviorenment . Don't get me wrong I like to drink to but from my prespective it was like a bunch of college kids were partying. I understand you are the majority owner of this company and many other but maybe there should be some new guidelines or regulations that should be put in place. I apologize for the getting into detail on this situation. It is hard to be in a Leadership position such as yours and to have to deal with all of this believe me I know from my experience in the military. From what research I have done on the company it looks very successful and has a lot of pride in it's product. I did not mean to come off in a very aggressive attitude towards your company I had just found out 12 hours prior what had happened and I felt like I needed to do something. Again I would like to apologize for the details I have told you regarding this. And again I thank you for being here for a neutral party to be able to discuss this situation. It will take some time but I will give you a call to talk more.


I then recived this email about 4 hours later:

Scott,

Please disregard the email that was just sent to you I have found out that this was the wrong place to be sending it to. Thank you very much.


The title of the second email was "Please do not read previous email!"


Not only did it go to someone is wasnt suppose to, it didnt even go to the right company...I dont know this guy, never heard of him and dont know how he got my email addy....Anyone top this?

Very unfortunate situation for the sender, but I bet you could get rich by blackmailing some of the people mentioned!

A great reply would have been:

Besides the herpes scare, how is everything else going with you and the Mrs.?