14 work email problems everyone has experienced

14 work email problems everyone has experienced by Amber Rolfe Work emails are (mostly) great…They allow us to communicate with our colleagues and customers â€" without ever having to leave our desk. But what happens when emailing goes wrong? It turns out, a whole lot of awkward â€" especially if you’re the one making the mistakes.To help you relate, here are 14 work email problems everyone has experienced:  When you want to chase a task up but you don’t want to seem needy A balance between polite and firm is hard to master. It’s probably OK if you use an emoji though, right?  When you receive a ‘friendly reminder’ and aren’t sure how to react There’s nothing friendly about this and you both know it. Or is there? Better give them an evil look across the desk anyway.  When you forget to attach an important document after specifically saying ‘see attached’ It was obviously just a test to see if they were paying attention, and has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that you’re notoriously forgetful.W hen someone doesn’t understand the purpose of ‘reply to all’ And they only stop using it when someone directly asks them to.When you accidentally send an email meant for Tim from accounts to Tim from marketing and everyone gets confused ‘What do you mean you can’t process my financial report, that’s your job isn’t it? …oh sorry, my bad.’  When someone gets carried away with CCing The project is headed up by one person on your team but that obviously means it involves you and 14 other people.  When your acronym savvy colleague starts pulling out all the stops tl;dr, NRN, EOM…you’re drowning in a puddle of confusion.  When you spend more time emailing about work than actually workingSure Sharon, let’s totally catch up next week about that thing we’ve needed to do for the past six months but never got round to because you know, emails.  When you accidentally send an email meant for one person to everyone‘NO, NO, NO, GO BACK. BACK BUTTON. REFRESHnope too lat e’ *sends awkward apology email whilst crawling into nearest hole*When people won’t stop sending gifsAin’t nobody got time for that.  When you accidentally put a kiss on the end of the email to your bossAre you at work or are you being featured in the latest series of Gossip Girl? At this rate, who knows.  When the tone of your email is off so you throw in emojis and extra punctuation‘Really looking forward to meeting you! Winky face’  When someone’s lunch goes missing and your inbox starts losing it Last seen: 06/04/17. Colour: red. Everyone is a suspect.  When you only realise you’ve made a typo after you clicked send Cool, everyone thinks you’re illiterate now. But it’s OK, you only sent it to one pers…oh wait. *crawls back into hole*Still searching for your perfect position? View all available jobs now  Find a job What Where Search JobsSign up for more Career AdviceSign up for moreCareer Advice Please enter a valid email addressmessage hereBy clicking S ubmit you agree to the terms and conditions applicable to our service and acknowledge that your personal data will be used in accordance with our privacy policy and you will receive emails and communications about jobs and career related topics. Life At Work Workplace culture