Someone emailed ALL@COMPANY: “Who took my oat milk from the fridge?” 846 recipients. Then 23 people hit Reply All. One wrote: “Not me.” Another wrote: “Please remove me from this email.” To all 846 people. HR asked IT to stop employees from using the company-wide list for stupid things. Comms said we couldn’t restrict it because “everyone needs the ability to communicate important information.” So I made one change. Every company-wide email now displays the sender’s estimated labor cost. 846 recipients × 20 seconds of reading time × average salary. The next message came from Marketing. “Cupcakes in kitchen.” ESTIMATED ORGANIZATIONAL COST: $1,940 They deleted it. Company-wide email volume dropped 96% in one day. Yesterday someone sent one anyway: “WHOEVER KEEPS STEALING MY OAT MILK, THIS IS NOW A $1,940 PROBLEM.” Same guy. Honestly I respect the escalation.