Towards A Virtual Williamsburg!

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

Original email gets sent to an in-office group of lawyers of which I am a member. There is a set-up email list or group which is used for this purpose.

My response needs to go to several members of the group, so when I respond, I just reply to all. However, one of the lawyers keeps complaining and suggests I should pick only the individuals who really need it, which of course, would require me to pick 5 or 6 email addresses individually rather than replying to a 15 person group.

My response has been "suck my dick, concern about what emails you want to receive is last on my priority list."

Am I using the reply to all feature inappropriately?

Yes. Who the fuck wants to receive extra bullshit when you can create your own subgroup in like 18 seconds?

TM

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

My response has been "suck my dick, concern about what emails you want to receive is last on my priority list."

Am I using the reply to all feature inappropriately?

If it means anything, this lawyer's law school was a hundred places lower than mine.

As long as that response was included in the reply to all, yes.

And we stopped caring about what law school someone went to years ago. How big is his practice?

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

As long as that response was included in the reply to all, yes.

And we stopped caring about what law school someone went to years ago. How big is his practice?

6 inches, same as mine.

[Not Bob]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Yes. Who the fuck wants to receive extra bullshit when you can create your own subgroup in like 18 seconds?

TM

Thurgreed is Not Correct. (Unless the complainer can fire you, cut your pay, or change your office/secretary/parking space, in which case you say "sorry about that, Maria. What did you think of the Tegan and Sara show?")

How tough is it to click delete? Besides, real legal BSDs like Hank and I have their emails printed, and our secretaries know not to give us any that are Not Essential.

[Not Bob]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

6 inches, same as mine.

Well-played, sir.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

6 inches, same as mine.

So you're at a small firm?

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

So you're at a small firm?

Not so firm anymore.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Not Bob

Thurgreed is Not Correct.

Who knew Not Bob could be so Not Considerate?

TM

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

I don't see that much of a distinction. The people who are there to serve you can be treated like shit. The fact that they are perceived to be insignificant leads one to believe you can treat them like shit, kick them, throw things on the floor to pick up. It's all the same stuff as far as I'm concerned. Once your brain thinks that way, you go from going out of your way to throw your shit on the ground instead of putting it in a hand that is 3 inches away from you, to kicking a fucking ball boy for doing something stupid.

TM

why were people saying he was a late teen semi pro? "ball boy" may be confusing here, if the kid is basically a minor leaguer for the home team, yes?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

Original email gets sent to an in-office group of lawyers of which I am a member. There is a set-up email list or group which is used for this purpose.

My response needs to go to several members of the group, so when I respond, I just reply to all. However, one of the lawyers keeps complaining and suggests I should pick only the individuals who really need it, which of course, would require me to pick 5 or 6 email addresses individually rather than replying to a 15 person group.

My response has been "suck my dick, concern about what emails you want to receive is last on my priority list."

Am I using the reply to all feature inappropriately?

If it means anything, this lawyer's law school was a hundred places lower than mine.

your response, or responses? If just the one, maybe okay, but if you expect continuing email you should create a list.

When I was at big law, at 4:30 a few times a week we would get "anyone want to buy my Red wings tickets for tonight for $60?" and the email would go to firm all. I used to think the firm would be better off just buying the tickets: it probably cost a few thousand in lawyer billable time for them to read the stupid ad.

You should break everything into $$$, you know that.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

And we stopped caring about what law school someone went to years ago. How big is his practice?

2. At my firm we never treat an established attorney differently if their law school is somehow below mine. Of course, we only hire grads from the University as new associates.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Not Bob

Thurgreed is Not Correct. (Unless the complainer can fire you, cut your pay, or change your office/secretary/parking space, in which case you say "sorry about that, Maria. What did you think of the Tegan and Sara show?")

How tough is it to click delete? Besides, real legal BSDs like Hank and I have their emails printed, and our secretaries know not to give us any that are Not Essential.

I? grammar is all that separates us from Ty and the other Florida Coastal grads of this world.

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

your response, or responses? If just the one, maybe okay, but if you expect continuing email you should create a list.

When I was at big law, at 4:30 a few times a week we would get "anyone want to buy my Red wings tickets for tonight for $60?" and the email would go to firm all. I used to think the firm would be better off just buying the tickets: it probably cost a few thousand in lawyer billable time for them to read the stupid ad.

You should break everything into $$$, you know that.

One. And it wasn't for Red Wings tickets because I would never reply all to that because a skinnier guy (though this guy is fatter and slower) could beat me to the corner office where the tickets are.

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

2. At my firm we never treat an established attorney differently if their law school is somehow below mine. Of course, we only hire grads from the University as new associates.

Made to emphasize the point that we are talking about a pretty dumb person.

Come to think of it, em may not know how to use the delete button.

[dtb]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I can get a car to drive me to East Hartford? Have a way back. Would it be easier from Boston?

probably late enough to be Least Helpful, but just rent a car. Not easier from Boston. You could swing by for some grub if you like, but it's a 50 mile, 90 minute (yes, really) drive from East Hartford. I have several tennis tournaments over that way and drive there not infrequently.