Pet Peeves That Shouldn't Be Pet Peeves

[Sugarphreak]

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[killramos]

If people care about how I address them in an email, I don’t want to work with them.

Those are people who don’t understand what we are here to do.

[Sugarphreak]

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[lilmira]

"hey what's your face" works good

[Tik-Tok]

You guys would love my co-worker. Every email ends with "Ciao". He's also 0% Italian so far as I know.

[JRSC00LUDE]

If I end an email with "Regards" it's because I either tore someone a new asshole or implied a less than desirable consequence to them.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

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If I end an email with "Regards" it's because I either tore someone a new asshole or implied a less than desirable consequence to them.

Govern Yourself Accordingly,
JRSC00LUDE

[killramos]

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If you are a manager, making sure the people you address don't feel offended is part of your job, haha

There is a fine line between being direct, and being condescending. If your internal e-mails are just direct I don't think anybody cares.

On the other hand, we are all human, and nobody likes to be addressed in a condescending manor. If you are being a douche in every e-mail, it is probably affecting you negatively even if you don't acknowledge it. Additionally if you are making requests to people you are not familiar with and not doing anything to word it in a way that is pleasant, they may be less inclined to comply. It isn't even about being nice, it is about getting timely and useful results out of people. If you punch up an e-mail that comes off as being pushy or condescending when making a request, you are really only hurting yourself.


like the old saying goes... it is nice to be nice

Meh, or people can get their head spit of their asses.

[spikerS]

I always end my email with "Cheers," but everyone i deal with at work is pretty informal for the most part.

If I send an email with "Thanks," or "Regards," it is probably a sarcastic one, and at the end of an email where I subtly point out how stupid someone is being.

[SKR]

I don't end my emails with anything, or start them with anything either. All emails, whether it's to a coworker, the customer or the president of the company look exactly like this post.

Whoever it is, I think they're out of line by emailing me in the first place, so I don't think I owe them any etiquette.

[dirtsniffer]

I dislike that this thread has every word capitalized in the title and the real pet peeves only has the first word.

I think it should be

Pet Peeves that Shouldn't be Pet Peeves
and
Pet Peeves that Should be Pet Peeves

[bjstare]

When people wear wireless earbuds in the wrong ears. I've seen this a bunch of times over the last few weeks.

Saw this lady on the train that had her earbuds in the wrong ears and upside down... how can someone possibly think that's the right way to use them?

[Darkane]

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When people wear wireless earbuds in the wrong ears. I've seen this a bunch of times over the last few weeks.

Saw this lady on the train that had her earbuds in the wrong ears and upside down... how can someone possibly think that's the right way to use them?

Jaybirds wireless are reversible. At least the X3 were.

Just sayin... but that falls exact within the title of thread lol

[SKR]

I pick my own 6/49 numbers and the pencils they have there to fill in the things are never sharp. Bothers the shit out of me.

I tried to change my Co-op number from xxxxx to #1. We looked it up one day to see if there was a #1. There's a #2, but no #1. I called Co-op HQ but they treated me like a crazy person and said they couldn't do that.

[ExtraSlow]

I should be able to let this go, but it really irks me that the CDC is officially the "CenterS for disease control". I think that's supposed to show that they are more than one center, aka, more than one location, but fuck, it sounds wrong and it's not providing more information.

[Disoblige]

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I dislike that this thread has every word capitalized in the title and the real pet peeves only has the first word.

I think it should be

Pet Peeves that Shouldn't be Pet Peeves
and
Pet Peeves that Should be Pet Peeves

Nah. It should be "Pet peeves that should/shouldn't be pet peeves".

[flipstah]

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If I end an email with "Regards" it's because I either tore someone a new asshole or implied a less than desirable consequence to them.

Ah crap, I put 'Kind Regards' on my signature

[Tik-Tok]

If I won the $65m lottomax tonight, I couldn't go anywhere awesome and warm.

[Disoblige]

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If I won the $65m lottomax tonight, I couldn't go anywhere awesome and warm.

The question to ask is when are you going to start building your toilet paper mansion.

[SKR]

I saw a guy the other day with his phone in his back pocket like a girl and I found it tremendously bothersome.