Why I Don't Like My Job

I'm not used to feeling stupid or making mistakes. Even if I am unsure of how to do something, I ask questions until I am comfortable that if I do it, I will do it right.

This morning, it snowed. And I still had to go to work.

So, while everyone else was getting in, I decided to do some training. And I did a fantastic online training about writing better emails.

What I learned is that if you want people to read your email, you need to put the exact reason for your email in the subject line. Instead of putting "snow closing", you should write "Seeking Information Regarding Snow Closing."

I took this literally. I needed to send out an email about a survey we were doing regarding training needs. So my subject line read: "For Your Action: Training Needs Assessment Survey." I thought it was perfect. I had my supervisor look it over, everything was great.

Later that afternoon, a coworker came into my office and asked me if I remembered that when you send out a group email, it truncated the subject line. No, I didn't realize this. Because what ridiculous email system truncates the subject line of an email for ANY reason?

She asked if I had a sense of humor.

I said I did.

She said the email that she, and all 400 of my colleagues, received had the subject line:

For Your Action: Training Needs Asses


She said that I would probably get a lot of response.