25 Work Email Woes That Drive Employees Crazy | “A Coworker Replied ‘K’ to an Email So I Reported Them to HR”
The work culture has evolved in the past few years. Thanks to the internet, we can resolve our work-related issues through emails and conduct business seamlessly sitting from the comfort of our homes. But every change has its positive and negative sides. These days, work-related emails keep chiming in at odd hours to remind us that we are never off duty. Gone are those times when people could just leave their jobs post their work hours and go relax without worrying about incoming emails. But now, most working professionals spend their day responding to passive-aggressive emails which test their patience level. So, if you are sitting in front of your computer, staring at the screen, wondering how to politely respond to an email that deserves some cussing, then these memes are perfect to cheer you up for the day. We have rounded up some of the funniest tweets about overflowing inboxes of work emails.
1. Life used to be simpler back then
Wait how did jobs work before email… like did you just get home from work and… work was over ?
— michaela okland (@MichaelaOkla) March 5, 2023
2. Might as well publish the masterpiece
Do you ever send a work email and re-read it and congratulate yourself on the masterpiece it was?
— Rutuja (@rutujax) January 18, 2023
3. Everyone hates Outlook with a passion
Microsoft outlook is awesome because it’s like. what if we made the worst email platform in the world and then forced everyone to use it for work and school
— Gabrielle Drolet (@gabrielledrolet) August 31, 2022
4. But we have to be polite at work
Replying “that sounds like a you problem” to every work related email as a social experiment
— jon drake (@DrakeGatsby) August 30, 2021
5. Those regards are never warm
Writing “Warm Regards” on a passive aggressive work email pic.twitter.com/4Zs1GMllLg
— 박주현 (@hermit_hwarang) May 13, 2018
6. We can't even use symbols peacefully
There really needs to be a semi exclamation point for when a period conveys too little enthusiasm in a work-related email but using the full exclamation point makes you seem like a psychopath.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 19, 2018
7. Work emails are full of fake emotions
"per my last email" = "In case you suddenly can't read"
— Hear me out.. (@TheBlackHermit) October 17, 2018
"To reiterate" = "this is the last time I'm saying this"
"moving forward" = "Don't try me again"
"I've copied ______" = "Let's see you lie your way out of this bitch"
"Kind Regards" = "Fuck you" https://t.co/SSOjfNWddi
8. Sounds like a massive trouble
good news everybody, the Out of Office autoreply I set up last week when I had to take time off work for a family emergency emailed everyone in my inbox, multiple times, including an infinite loop of responses from that time i emailed myself; this is what i tweet about now
— Anna Fitzpatrick (@bananafitz) August 30, 2021
9. You can't use SMS lingo in a work email
10. Takes a lot of effort and time
Me finally sitting down to send some work emails I started writing on Tuesday: pic.twitter.com/UzptsOFIRM
— Akilah Green (@akilahgreen) November 8, 2020
11. At least it provides some motivation
Wrote a work email while working out like the main character in the opening credits of a 2000s rom com.
— Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) March 3, 2021
12. Must be polite all the time
[evolution of a work email]
— Skoog (@Skoog) August 7, 2018
FUCK YOU I SPECIFICALLY SAID-
*deletedeletedelete*
If you had taken the time to actually read wha-
*deletedeletedelete*
Apologies, I will be more clear next time :)
13. That's a lot of work
my brother asked my dad what I do for work and he said “send and receive emails”
— Shakira (@jodecicry) January 29, 2021
14. Emails test your professionalism as well
absentmindedly ended a work email with "xoxo," panicked, then realized i've intentionally ended many work emails with "xoxo." what a relief to know i am never professional
— Karen Chee (@karencheee) April 27, 2020
15. They need to upgrade with time
When someone emails you and then you email them back but they have an Out Of Office message up, that's the "down low, too slow" of the adult world.
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) May 9, 2022
16. But it always stays limited to an email
when a hot person at work emails me i’m like this email could have been a meeting
— trash jones (@jzux) January 18, 2023
17. Either way, it will be unprofessional
Quick question:
— Tachyon (@Tachyon100) January 27, 2020
Is it "for fucks sake" or "for fuck sake" ?
It's for a work email so has to sound professional.
18. That's normal work life for you
Me when I get ten emails in a minute at work pic.twitter.com/aMNjqawvzp
— Christopher (@youngbuckeen) September 7, 2020
19. Isn't that holiday time?
anyone who sends a work email between Dec 25 and Jan 1 has got to be kidding me with this
— Aparna Nancherla (@aparnapkin) December 28, 2018
20. It's almost the same thing
hi hows your day going i just sent a work email to someone named doug but i spelled it dough
— Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) May 17, 2017
21. No break for the Americans
European out-of-offices: “I’m away camping for the summer. Email again in September”
— Samuel Pollen (@samuel_pollen) April 30, 2021
American out-of-offices: “I have left the office for two hours to undergo kidney surgery but you can reach me on my cell anytime”
22. Anything can happen at your workplace
“Sorry for the reply delay!”
— ruby 🐊 (@roobeekeane) July 24, 2019
- predictable
- disorganised
- admits fault on your part
“in response to your premature email,”
- brazen
- establishes dominance
- might get fired, giving you more time to work on your series of crime novellas
23. Emojis serve as an icebreaker
love it so fucking much when someone sends an emoji in a work email. you did it. you made the first move. you broke the wall! that is so cute, i love you so much
— bk (@uncooljerk) May 5, 2023
24. Outlook is confusing at times
outlook: I'm the most powerful office tool ever made. I can search every email you've ever received and keep track of the meetings you have six months from now
— Janel Comeau (@VeryBadLlama) October 24, 2022
me: I would like to still view an attachment after someone replies to the email
outlook: [confused hissing]
25. Everything needs to sound positive
Me, approving of something in a work email: "Ok perfect!"
— Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) July 8, 2016
Me, disapproving of something in a work email: "Ok, sounds good!"
Work email woes that drive employees crazy