Why to Mark “Unread’ Read emails?

Why to Mark “Unread’ Read emails?

Often I used to see the option to mark read emails as “unread” and used to wonder at its usage as to why was it needed to mark a mail that has been read as ‘unread’.

But yesterday when I received a call from one of the Directors of DPS Society Ms Vinita Kher who after congratulating me for school’s  good board results of X & XII expressed her concern at not having received our response to an e mail sent by the Chairman DPS Society regarding “QAP” (Quality Assurance Programme) for Cl VI & VIII.

I was taken aback because it had never happened before that we have ever failed to respond to any such mails.

Immediately on going through the previous e mails on my cell I saw that the particular e mail of the Chairman was received by me on 15^th May 2015 when I was within the premises of the Golden Temple Amritsar.

I had seen Chairman’s letter regarding “QAP” but due to bad net connectivity I was not in a position to download the attachment and see,

Later it had just skipped my mind. As thee mail had already been opened and read by me I didn’t go through it again till Kher Madam reprimanded me ( though in a very sweet manner).

Last date for sending the desired information was 30^th May. As soon as I got the call from Kher Madam we managed to send the details which were asked for within an hour or so.

I always tend to see the silver lining in the cloud.

The whole process of sending our response to “QAP” to DPS Society taught me the importance of marking read emails as unread.

Next time whenever attachments will not get downloaded or any email which shall be need for future reference shall be marked “unread” by me.

Thanks to Kher Madam! 4^th June 2015.

Sukhwant Singh Thaper,

Principal, DPS Nighai