How to end that never-ending email chain without being rude

You can see it coming from a mile away. A co-worker sends an email to a dozen people with an open-ended question that doesn’t have any real consequences on anyone’s life. And that snowballs into two responses, which turns into three more replies, and so on.

And of course, rarely do any of those emails actually resolve anything. Even though you know that sometimes inbox zero is a mere fantasy, this never-ending chain makes you want to throw your laptop against the wall.

How do you stop the madness? And how do you do it without being a jerk? I’ve asked myself (and anyone else who will listen to me) these questions for years, and I’ve mostly come up empty-handed. Read more…

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