Lack of reading comprehension is endemic. Lack of good writing is also very wide-spread. Hammering out 20 ill thought out and poorly worded emails appear more important than one, well reasoned and articulate message.
I receive emails daily that are muddled, semi-incoherent and frankly serve no purpose other than cluttering up mail boxes and confusing the recipients. These typically result in a flurry of follow up emails, "replied to all", seeking clarification, asking for further comments and so on. Such an inefficient, ineffective and wasteful use of engineering time.
So much what @XLEfYYq-1kdp said. Needed to be on top.