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re: Coworkers Who Are Overly Formal Emails?
Posted on 6/22/16 at 8:11 am to Pecker
Posted on 6/22/16 at 8:11 am to Pecker
quote:
A lot people use it as an opportunity to sound smart. They don't realize that no one is impressed.
You don't have to be overly-formal when interacting with people via email to still be professional. It usually just comes off as pretentious.
This is the correct answer. Be professional, but interacting the way the OP described is ridiculous.
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Posted on 6/22/16 at 8:19 am to mattgr1983
quote:
You don't have to be overly-formal when interacting with people via email to still be professional. It usually just comes off as pretentious.
This.
It's akin to using legalese. Please communicate/write in plain English.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 8:21 am to LCA131
quote:
I guess I missed the memo saying we were no longer animals.
That's not all you've missed.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 8:22 am to LSUBoo
I miss you.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 8:23 am to FootballNostradamus
quote:
Should I be more formal in emails?
Yes.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 8:25 am to GenesChin
The dude described in the OP may have been burned more than once in the past and now is being overly cautious.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 8:29 am to FootballNostradamus
You don't have some sort of messaging system that you could use for less formal communication? Something like Lync, or Skype for business?
Typically, if I have a question for a co-worker I use that, and none of those convos are formal. If I'm communicating with a client I'll use email, and will probably be more formal.
Typically, if I have a question for a co-worker I use that, and none of those convos are formal. If I'm communicating with a client I'll use email, and will probably be more formal.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 8:32 am to FootballNostradamus
The head of our little place of joy absolutely reads emails.
We don't joke. We don't comment on Debbie's outfit and her tits. We don't share links.
Probably.
We don't joke. We don't comment on Debbie's outfit and her tits. We don't share links.
quote:
Should I be more formal in emails?
Probably.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 8:36 am to Artie Rome
lol at the people in here who think not writing formally = making jokes about debbie's tits
Posted on 6/22/16 at 8:36 am to LCA131
Dear Mr. LCA131,
Go eat a bag of dicks.
Cordially yours,
LSUBoo
Go eat a bag of dicks.
Cordially yours,
LSUBoo
Posted on 6/22/16 at 8:36 am to Artie Rome
New emails always get the person's name, comma, skip a line, what I need to say, skip a line, and Thanks. after that it is just enough to get what info I need or is needed of me. But no slang or anything that a nun could consider vulgar.
I find I have been using 10-4 a lot lately.
I find I have been using 10-4 a lot lately.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 8:37 am to JamalSanders
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I find I have been using 10-4 a lot lately.
X4
Posted on 6/22/16 at 8:44 am to Pecker
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lol at the people in here who think not writing formally = making jokes about debbie's tits
its frustrating
if someone writes me a question that I do not know, I'll respond like this
"I'm not sure. Let me look into it and I'll get back to you
Thanks,
Salmon"
It's not overly formal and it's not overly slang. It's just common language. This shouldn't be so hard.
This post was edited on 6/22/16 at 8:45 am
Posted on 6/22/16 at 8:49 am to Pecker
quote:
Pecker
Dear Pecker,
Please note that I slapped Debbie's big tits with a backhand this morning in the Men's Lavatory. Update to follow under separate cover.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 8:54 am to LCA131
quote:it was in an eight paragraph emIl. You prob read over the important info
quote:
That's what separates us from the animals.
I guess I missed the memo saying we were no longer animals.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 9:07 am to FootballNostradamus
Anything worth doing is worth correctly doing.
I'd rather have too much communication than too little.
I'd rather have too much communication than too little.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 9:14 am to FootballNostradamus
quote:as I'm reading this thread, I get an email like this from THAT guy
Exactly. Getting emails from grown men that say "dear" and "regards" is just fricking weird.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 9:19 am to FootballNostradamus
Dear OP,
Please advise on how I should structure my emails in the future.
Best regards,
Jorts
Please advise on how I should structure my emails in the future.
Best regards,
Jorts
Posted on 6/22/16 at 9:28 am to Salmon
quote:
its frustrating
if someone writes me a question that I do not know, I'll respond like this
"I'm not sure. Let me look into it and I'll get back to you
Thanks,
Salmon"
It's not overly formal and it's not overly slang. It's just common language. This shouldn't be so hard.
Thank you. This is the stuff, like you mentioned, that frustrates people with corporate environments. Be respectful and polite, but damn have some semblance of a person underneath that suit and tie.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 9:29 am to castorinho
quote:
reading this thread, I get an email like this from THAT guy
It's so weird it makes my teeth itch every time I get emails from those guys. Ugh.
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