Potluck planning clogs inboxes in Utah
UTAH — Instead of festive cheer, thousands of state employees in Utah suffered through a massive email screw-up before Christmas.
The email started innocently enough, looking to discuss an upcoming potluck among Utah Department of Technology Services workers, according to Newsweek.
However, the email mistakenly went out to more than 25,000 employees — and people started using “reply all” to respond.
Workers soon took to social media to try to stop the email chain clogging inboxes, but it still escalated. “It’s Replyall-gate 2018.
Adventures in state government. #ReplyAll. Actually don’t reply all,” wrote Joe Dougherty, a public information officer at the Utah Division of Emergency Management.
Even the governor weighed in: “This is real and it’s an emergency... I fear this will never end,” said Spencer Cox.
