# Do folks at your work send "Thank You" emails for every little thing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-at-your-work-send-thank-you-emails-for-every-little-thing/114098>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 14, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-at-your-work-send-thank-you-emails-for-every-little-thing/114098 "2002-06-14T20:33:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-at-your-work-send-thank-you-emails-for-every-little-thing/114098/1 "2002-06-14T20:33:01Z")

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I suppose every workplace has it’s own e-mail protocol, but there’s nothing quite like facing down 100 unread emails and half (you don’t know which ones) are “Thank You” replies to an email I sent to a user letting her know that her request is completed.

Politenenss is a great thing; I’m certainly not against it on principle and I do appreciate the appreciation, but where to draw the line?

I have read on the web that if an issue is resolved, some workers will put something to the effect that “no reply is required” at the bottom of the email. I could imagine that this might result in significantly fewer non-essential e-mails but also perhaps initially some hurt feelings?

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-at-your-work-send-thank-you-emails-for-every-little-thing/114098/2 "2002-06-14T21:41:14Z")

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Yeah we get a zillion, but unfortunately being nice to clients is one of the requirements. 😛

I like that ‘no reply neccesary’ though.

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-at-your-work-send-thank-you-emails-for-every-little-thing/114098/3 "2002-06-14T22:50:40Z")

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That is a minor pet peeve of mine. A co-worker and I used to joke about that. One time we went off on a string of emails back and forth.

Thank you

No, thank _you_

Really, it was my pleasure

No, the pleasure was all mine

etc.  
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Haj

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**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-at-your-work-send-thank-you-emails-for-every-little-thing/114098/4 "2002-06-14T23:38:08Z")

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If someone emails me a document I asked for, I send a thank you message to let her know I received it. Otherwise, it seems excessive.