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GordonG 7 Jul 2:51pm, 7 Jul 2025 10,930 posts	Quote Pin GordonG the only time i didn't mind it was when adam peaty was going for his third olympic games gold, and that was called the threepeat (sometimes called the threepeaty)
GordonG 7 Jul 2:53pm, 7 Jul 2025 10,931 posts	Quote Pin GordonG work colleagues submitting documents to be inputted at 16:30 on the final working day of the month, then on the 1st of the next month asking why they weren't inputted
GordonG 7 Jul 2:59pm, 7 Jul 2025 10,932 posts	Quote Pin GordonG People on a 108 names email replying to 'all' (and the person sending the email not specifying to reply only to them)
3M 7 Jul 3:52pm, 7 Jul 2025 26,692 posts	Quote Pin 3M [We used to get the occasional email avalanche resulting from that - especially including the emails to all sent to say "please don't reply to all"! In the end the messaging team changed the default reply type to "reply to sender only", and also used some off the shelf tool to catch multiple reply to all responses. Was fun, though!]
Diogenes 7 Jul 5:05pm, 7 Jul 2025 92,748 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes [I like it when you get a reply to all response to messages like this saying “please remove me from this conversation” and a 100 others take this as a cue to do the same]
Metro_Nome 7 Jul 5:09pm, 7 Jul 2025 8,292 posts	Quote Pin Metro_Nome One of my favourite days at work was when the whole email system was brought down by a reply all email chain going mental. Every time I came back from a meeting it had got worse. It even made the news news.com.au
JamieKai chameleon 7 Jul 5:20pm, 7 Jul 2025 20,957 posts	Quote Pin JamieKai chameleon That happened at my work way back when. I needed to finish a task before heading home and was not as amused as all the people added to the problem with emails along the lines of "tee hee, isn't it nice to talk to people across the country, hello from wherever idiots come from".
Jason1969 8 Jul 4:06pm, 8 Jul 2025 14,108 posts	Quote Pin Jason1969 Dear Garmin, I realise these things are all based on estimates, but how can half an hour of easy running burn roughly the same calories as two hours of moderate cycling?