To: Employees who fail to read official memos
From: Internal Communications Process Improvement
Team
Subject: Failure to read official memoranda, minutes,
announcements, policies, etc.
It is a matter of general
understanding that a number of employees discard important internal and system
communications, especially memoranda and e-mails, without reading them. As it is in the interest of this organization
and all its constituents to have these communications function effectively, the
Internal Communications Process Improvement Team has decided to survey those
employees who are not reading official memos or e-mail to determine why these
important communications are not being read.
Therefore, if you have not
read this memo, please answer the following questions as honestly and simply as
you can, sign it below, and return the completed questionnaire to the ICPIT.
A. Please place a checkmark next to any and
all of the following reasons for not reading this memo which apply to you:
_____
I never received it.
_____ I was busy writing memos for
other people to not read.
_____ I got as far as "To: Employees
who fail to . . " and I was bored silly.
_____ I always read memos so I
figured it wasn't meant for me.
_____ I never read memos as a matter
of principle.
_____ Other (please
specify):________________________________________
B.
Please place a checkmark next to any and all of the following changes in
memos which might influence you to read memos in the future:
_____ A specific limit on the number
of memos allowed to be sent through interoffice or E-mail in any week.
_____ A specific limit on word
length and number of words in any one memo.
_____ More pictures and bigger
fonts.
_____ Having all memos personally
addressed to me; with little handwritten notes attached, saying things like,
"Please, if you have the time right now and it's not too much trouble,
could you take a moment to read this?
You're a wonderful human being and I really appreciate this."
_____ A blizzard in the netherworld.
_____ Other (Please specify):________________________________________
Signed:
Name:__________________________________________ Date:_____________
Note:
If you have read this memo, please ignore it.
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