Comments on: 2 Minute post #3: Write polite emails http://www.killerconsultant.com/gtd/2-minute-post-3-write-polite-emails/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2-minute-post-3-write-polite-emails having fun while doing a great job would be killer, right? Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:23:40 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: -benny- http://www.killerconsultant.com/gtd/2-minute-post-3-write-polite-emails/comment-page-1/#comment-37 -benny- Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:57:53 +0000 http://www.killerconsultant.com/?p=22#comment-37 mh... ... besides that I don't like those "bein'-barked-at"-emails, because I think they are very impolite, there is another thing about them that I find very annoying... Most of the time i don't even get what those people hiiiigh above me want from me once they drop into short-message-mode. Hey! I'm actually working here and certainly don't have the time to decipher your half-finished sentences, which seem to lack even the tiniest bit of information! Well... mh…
… besides that I don’t like those “bein’-barked-at”-emails, because I think they are very impolite, there is another thing about them that I find very annoying…

Most of the time i don’t even get what those people hiiiigh above me want from me once they drop into short-message-mode.
Hey! I’m actually working here and certainly don’t have the time to decipher your half-finished sentences, which seem to lack even the tiniest bit of information! Well…

]]> By: Karsten Ivan Sauer http://www.killerconsultant.com/gtd/2-minute-post-3-write-polite-emails/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Karsten Ivan Sauer Sun, 18 May 2008 15:48:00 +0000 http://www.killerconsultant.com/?p=22#comment-27 >being polite (thank you! please!) and having correct spelling and grammar are needed just everywhere. (Am I too old-fashioned here?) Right you are! Can't be old-fashioned enough here! >being polite (thank you! please!) and having correct spelling and grammar are needed just everywhere. (Am I too old-fashioned here?)

Right you are! Can’t be old-fashioned enough here!

]]> By: Florian Hollender http://www.killerconsultant.com/gtd/2-minute-post-3-write-polite-emails/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Florian Hollender Fri, 16 May 2008 21:45:32 +0000 http://www.killerconsultant.com/?p=22#comment-26 Good point Richard- there are many occasions in which an email might not even be the right channel for your message to begin with, and that might also solve the time issue I mentioned at the end of the post. For me there is a distinction between a channel that transports separate messages - a letter, or an email - or a channel that transports an ongoing conversation - like chat or twitter. Of course there is a grey zone - when mailing back and forth with a good friend, for example, mails can take the form of a time-delayed chat. One thing though: While the "surrounding" formalities might be mandatory or even superfluous in the ongoing conversations, being polite (thank you! please!) and having correct spelling and grammar are needed just everywhere. (Am I too old-fashioned here?) Good point Richard- there are many occasions in which an email might not even be the right channel for your message to begin with, and that might also solve the time issue I mentioned at the end of the post.
For me there is a distinction between a channel that transports separate messages – a letter, or an email – or a channel that transports an ongoing conversation – like chat or twitter. Of course there is a grey zone – when mailing back and forth with a good friend, for example, mails can take the form of a time-delayed chat.
One thing though: While the “surrounding” formalities might be mandatory or even superfluous in the ongoing conversations, being polite (thank you! please!) and having correct spelling and grammar are needed just everywhere. (Am I too old-fashioned here?)

]]> By: Richard Fahey http://www.killerconsultant.com/gtd/2-minute-post-3-write-polite-emails/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Richard Fahey Fri, 16 May 2008 21:19:52 +0000 http://www.killerconsultant.com/?p=22#comment-25 It's funny that those highest up the hierarchy of an organisation often send emails with the worst punctuation, spelling and grammar mistakes. What I like about Twitter is that you don't need to engage in Hi, Thanks etc. when communicating. Twitter is all about expressing your message as simply and succiently as possible. Also, when replying to blogs, engaging in forum discussions there is no need for Hi, Regards, Thanks etc. In many ways, rather than trying to get people to pay more attention to how they write emails, it would be better to spend time getting people to write less emails, and communicate using other mediums that require less adherence to such etiquette. It’s funny that those highest up the hierarchy of an organisation often send emails with the worst punctuation, spelling and grammar mistakes.

What I like about Twitter is that you don’t need to engage in Hi, Thanks etc. when communicating. Twitter is all about expressing your message as simply and succiently as possible.

Also, when replying to blogs, engaging in forum discussions there is no need for Hi, Regards, Thanks etc.

In many ways, rather than trying to get people to pay more attention to how they write emails, it would be better to spend time getting people to write less emails, and communicate using other mediums that require less adherence to such etiquette.

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