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I'm going to propose a new class. It will be called "How Not to Reply to Everyone on an Email Thread" or possibly something more succinct. If you don't use Outlook, you may not know that the default is set to send an email reply to everyone who received the original message. Do I need to know that someone will not be able to attend a college social function because of illness? No, I don't. And neither do the other 12-800 people who received the email. This isn't a difficult issue to correct, and the misuse annoys me to no end. All the "replier" has to do is click on reply, or -- to take a really drastic step -- reset the default to reply instead of reply all. And the problem is fixed. It's like magic. This is one of my pet peeves. In addition to receiving a flood of information I don't need, I am unable to view the original message because it has now become part of a thread. That can be fixed too, but for email from administration, I like to keep each conversation together.

While I'm on the topic, and this is what got me thinking about this tonight, unless there's a real reason to do so, don't reply to a group text! I am in a water aerobics class -- more precisely, I've been there once -- and I'm on a list with nineteen other people. I'm glad the instructor sends out a message on Monday nights to remind us (or to cancel, as the case may be), but there's no need for people to say, "See you tomorrow," or "[little prayer hands emoji] no rain!" Multiply that by nineteen and it's a big pain in the ass, especially when people in the group start replying to replies.

I just finished my class after driving back from Tampa and working too much for seven days straight. Maybe I'm cranky. I'll stop bitching now.