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我把那些不愿放大也不愿删除的记忆写在了这里。。。 - anonymous

2009年4月20日月曜日

Why the formality?


I’ve always feel that being polite in work related e-mails is a requirement that every working mature adult should practice.

This does not mean that you have to be super formal in the content and structure of your e-mail, but at least do make an effort to greet the recipient or a simple gesture of ‘thank you’ when they have helped you in your work directly or indirectly.

I don’t know how many people will feel the same way as I do, but I seriously would get irritated when someone doesn’t appreciate my courtesy when I’m asking and/or reminding them nicely for some documents that they should be responsible for in the first place.

How would you feel if you have asked politely for a file to be sent to you and all you got from the sender’s reply is nothing but the file you have asked for previously? Well, thanks for sending the file that I wanted but I may be too sensitive here since I’m quite particular about the formality, that the first thought that would come to my mind from the sender who wrote nothing in the mail would be “Nah! Take it!”

In this case, I would be of no difference to a beggar isn’t it?

Is really a simple ‘hi’, ‘please’, or ‘thank you’ that difficult? (…)

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