That time a UIowa email thread descended into "reply all" chaos
A Make it Make Sense moment of levity
Hi everyone. I’m over here still fighting these winter blahs but I feel like I’m slowly clawing my way out of it. Got a good amount of outdoor walking yesterday and that’s a win for me. Another thing that helped is the anniversary of a video I made detailing a truly BONKERS email thread that I just have to share with you. It’s one of those things that I can come back to and get a good chuckle out of.
This email thread was from way back of June in 2021 (decades ago!) and it involved an email to all Professional and Scientific classified staff at the University. The gist of the thing is that one person replied-all to the 7,500 plus members of the listserv and that action broke the dam on others following suit. But really, you have to watch the thing to get the full effect…wait for the end to get a glimpse at my genuine “fill the room cackle” of a laugh.
Also, like all things I post regarding the University, I thought about appropriateness of posting. But I’ll echo what I said on my original social media sharing:
*Note: This was all in good fun and I hope others can see the humor in it. I was going to blur names but I figured you can find all the contacts in public databases and nothing inflammatory was said...just a lot of tired people not knowing email etiquette.
Hope ya’ll find this thread as funny as I do. Until next time!
-C