Then there's the strikethrough editing symbol that's not supposed to print either. We've had a few occurrences when they did print. Now, we delete everything that is not going to be printed before we send to composing and onto platemaking. Although, no one admitted that they were lazy or anti-social, I received 41 responses ranging in rationale. The majority of respondents said that email is the least intrusive method of communication when you need to talk to a person who may be on the phone or is bombarded with work.
Intrusion is defined as entrance by force or without permission or welcome.
If a co-worker needs to relay important information to me, I'd rather it be face to face. If I'm on the phone, waiting a few seconds won't hurt them. But I'd have to admit that when I need to relay important information, I'll do it by email. When I sent out the newsroom email, the subject line said, sorry for the interruption. We don't like to feel like we're bugging people or are unwanted.