Copying managers in on emails

[sobrique]

I've just had a stinking weasel respond to a tentive query.
I was looking along the lines of 'is there any point in us upgrading your computation servers'.

And his response?

"we pay x per year for Unix. If you need to upgrade the hardware then great.....but at your cost not ours!"

Copied to my manager.

Now is it just me who thinks that this is a stinking weasel tactic? I find it take remarkably pot shots at someone, and copy it to someone else in the department.

Now all fair enough. If there's a discussion going on, that several people are a party to, a conversation that need to be kept up to date, then fine.

But .. I dunno, just replying with a snotty response, and copying it to senior management just strikes me as remarkably irritating.

Especially when the initial message was a 'what would your reaction be to...'.

Bah. Users. Can't put up with them, can't just go postal, get the AEG out of your car boot and chase them around the office screaming "you're a bunch of bloody buggering shits" whilst taking pot shots at them with a BB gun.

Comments

[karen2205]

I suggest a preemptive strike by copying your manager in on the original email you send out when you think there's a high likelihood that someone'll do this.

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

The problem with that is that then I would be the stinking weasel.

I mean, we all work for the same company, can we not just have a discussion about an idea without having to get political about it?

[karen2205]

Ah - I misread that - I thought he was an external customer.

I need more sleep.