s/o Blank Emails -- Not Reading The Subject Line

[Library Dragon]

The topic of blank emails (http://www.etiquettehell.com/smf/index.php?topic=128567.0) is interesting.  Still being new to smart phone ownership I had never thought of this, but it makes sense that a subject line is all you would need for the information.

I have the opposite problem.  People, co-workers & family, who don't read the subject line then ask follow-up questions. 

Example 

Subject line:  Circulation Staff Meeting

Body of email:  4:00 pm, Tuesday, in the staff lounge. 

I'll get questions.  "What's at 4pm?" or  "Did I miss a birthday?" 

Does anyone else have this problem?  If it was just work I'd take care of it there, but it's family and friends as well. 

[Yvaine]

I think some people just don't even know emails have a subject line. It also explains why people (having forgotten my email address and not saved it anywhere) will dig up an old email from me, reply to it with their new stuff, and end up sending me an email with the subject line "Re: Really bad news!" and then the body of the email is "Picnic tomorrow at 4pm!" 

[veronaz]

Sometimes I get emails with no subhect.  The subject line actually says No Subject.  Like, thei couldn't think of one or how to word it.

[Harriet Jones]

Sometimes I get emails with no subhect.  The subject line actually says No Subject.  Like, thei couldn't think of one or how to word it.

I think some email programs may put that in by default.

[veronaz]

Yeah, it's a default.

[Bluenomi]

I always repeat whatever I write in the subject line in the email to avoid this problem. The way my email system works is I have a preview window and the subject is right up the top so it's easy to miss. So many people miss it so I don't put anything in the subject line that isn't somewhere in the actual email as well.

[Pen^2]

I always repeat whatever I write in the subject line in the email to avoid this problem. The way my email system works is I have a preview window and the subject is right up the top so it's easy to miss. So many people miss it so I don't put anything in the subject line that isn't somewhere in the actual email as well.

I do this, too. The subject line is, to me, a very brief summary of the email content. "Dinner tonight" or whatever.

On the other hand, the exception to this is if I'm emailing my husband something banal. I'll just send an email that has the subject, "running 30 mins late", and with no body text. But I only do this because it's with someone I know well enough (hell, I married the guy) that I know it won't be misunderstood or overlooked. I wouldn't do it to coworkers or family members.