Beware Innocuous Requests

No more piggybacking other people’s duties in my emails.

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Title	Cooperation bites me in the ass
Description	In this epic tale of woe, I explain the seemingly innocuous request to include instructions in an email to users that seriously bites me in the ass. My Links * Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/zhsy00001 * Google+ https://plus.google.com/110920679448216202152/posts/p/pub * Blog http://plastickelly.blogspot.com * YouTube RSS http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/zhsy00001/uploads
Tags	vlog, vlogging, work, email, IT, users, advice, anecdote, help, support,
Bullets	I’m the guy who deletes the email accounts Send dates to users for removal of emails Asked to include instructions in an email to users Instructions had real issues because of real problems on the vendor’s side I became the go to guy for fixing the issues. No account, no experience, guy who set everything up left for greener pastures Lesson learned, Don’t let people piggyback their communications and responsibilities on your communications.
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