Office email pet peeve.

[cville]

Auto-closures.

Regards,
Cville


Thanks,
Cville


Best, 
Cville


A)  You don't actually need a closure.  Name alone--hell, INITIALS is sufficient.

B)  When you're writing like "Want to grab tacos for lunch today?"  Regards, Cville at the end looks so hilarious and out of place.

C)  They are insincere.  Your closure, if any at all, should be related to the content of your message and intended recipient(s).  Not some word you picked like 10,000 years ago because it struck you as strong, but not too strong, and friendly, but professional.

[ginap]

Make it a great day!
Gina

[cville]

Sept 18, 2014 13:35:06 GMT -5 ginap said:

Make it a great day!
Gina

So, your name in my head has always been Gin Nap (appropriate, no?  Too much gin = nap).  "Gina" never occurred to me.  Also, I know there's only one N.

[Muddled]

Hee! My mom has one of these. It is always strange to get an email from her ending in:

Thanks,
Kathy


No love, Mom?

[Deleted]

I am not a fan of the whole

Best,
SloanPeterson

I want to sign
Worst,
SloanPeterson

[Muddled]

Sept 18, 2014 13:36:48 GMT -5 cville said:

Sept 18, 2014 13:35:06 GMT -5 ginap said:

Make it a great day!
Gina

So, your name in my head has always been Gin Nap (appropriate, no?  Too much gin = nap).  "Gina" never occurred to me.  Also, I know there's only one N.

Me too!
That her name might actually be Gina just blew my mind. Gina P. Huh.

[cuddlyevil]

I always use:

Thanks,
Heather

or, if it's someone I work with closely:

Thanks,
H

[Nonny]

I hate "cheers" because it's always from someone who is a giant douche.

[wambam]

My boss does this.

My thanks,
Mr. Nano

[cville]

Sept 18, 2014 13:37:34 GMT -5 jillianashley6 said:

My coworker and I have agreed that "regards" is basically the office-appropriate fuck you.

I only regards someone if I am pissed off at them.

The rest of the time its "Thanks, Jillian" if you haven't really helped me, "Thanks! Jillian" if you have helped me a little and "Thank you!!! Jillian" if I am really really grateful.


lol

I sign my emails:

Cville


Walla.  I add a thanks if I feel like it.  But never if I'm not actually thanking anyone.  And I most DEFINITELY include a regards when it's going to someone who is ticking me off.  You never know what emails may end up as discovery some day.  Lol.


There's someone who signs all emails 
-B 

Dash, first initial.  Like omigah I'm so cool all I need is my first initial and this cute little dash.  It enrages me, for some reason.  This person is also someone who, if they worked with @booby would ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY do everything booby described.  They're always just SOOOOOo busy or "swamped."

[thebreakfastclub]

My CW will not write her name on emails; she will only use her first initial, lowercase only.

Thanks for your help!
j


It annoys me but I'm not sure why.  

[my4girls]

Sept 18, 2014 13:41:18 GMT -5 Nonny said:

I hate "cheers" because it's always from someone who is a giant douche.

seems about right. the use of "cheers" automatically makes you a giant douche

[ginger]

My favorite Opening I ever received was from a 17 yo intern (who was a NIGHTMARE).

Dear Superiors

She's been gone for a month and we still laugh about that.

[my4girls]

I worked with a woman, who is now gone thankfully, we signed her "welcome" as in- "you're welcome" without the you're and passive aggressively to boot

I WOULD HAVE THANKED YOU. you don't need to preemptively "welcome" me

[05heel]

My old boss used to sign off with "talk soon". Creepy and presumptuous.

[jenny1223]

My pet peeves:

Have a blessed day,
Jennifer

God bless,
Jennifer

[sapphireblue]

I like an email where there is no greeting at the beginning and no signoff at the end. Just the business of the email.

"Do you have a citation for that? It would help us with our records." for example.

That's it. Nice and to the point.

[onomatopoeia]

Sept 18, 2014 13:37:34 GMT -5 jillianashley6 said:

My coworker and I have agreed that "regards" is basically the office-appropriate fuck you.

I only regards someone if I am pissed off at them.

The rest of the time its "Thanks, Jillian" if you haven't really helped me, "Thanks! Jillian" if you have helped me a little and "Thank you!!! Jillian" if I am really really grateful.


lol

This is exactly what I do too, down to the exclamation points.  Sometimes I'll replace "Regards" with a "Thanks." if it's someone I know well but am pissed at.  (With a period after the thanks, not a comma).  It's like a "get your shit together on this, but don't worry we're still cool overall".  

Lol.  I put a lot of thought into my closures.  One size does not fit all! 

[iamali]

Someone, who I am admittedly BEC about, signs hers with:

Th@nk you for all0wing the XXXX office to ass.ist you with th1s re.quest. (<---trying to make it non-googleable)

[iamali]

Someone, who I am admittedly BEC about, signs hers with:

Th@nk you for all0wing the XXXX office to ass.ist you with th1s re.quest. (<---trying to make it non-googleable)

[captainobvious]

I don't have an auto closure, but if I'm requesting help from someone or asking them to do XYZ I usually do a Thanks, before my signature line. Otherwise they just get "CaptainObvious, Awesome Company, Your Mom's House" as the closure.

[iamali]

Someone, who I am admittedly BEC about, signs hers with:

Th@nk you for all0wing the XXXX office to ass.ist you with th1s re.quest. (<---trying to make it non-googleable)

[spankswife]

Within my office I do:

Thanks!
spank

External ppl get:
Thank you,
spanks wife, cpa

[stephlove]

Sept 18, 2014 13:41:18 GMT -5 Nonny said:

I hate "cheers" because it's always from someone who is a giant douche.

Ha, it's true! One of my co-workers ALWAYS uses "cheers" and I cringe at every single one of his emails. His nickname in the office is "D"...for Douche. 

[BaliHai]

We have signatures here, so no need for closures.

However, I cringe at every signature involving our company slogan, because it's ~supposed~ to be inspirational but is just secondhand-embarrassing levels of cheesy.

And our receptionist's signature says "Please consider the Earth before you print" which makes me want to print out every single email she sends.

[cutecloud]

The one person in my office who uses "Cheers" at the end of emails is the kind of guy who really wants to be British. Most of us just use "Thanks."

[jane6672]

Sept 18, 2014 13:37:34 GMT -5 jillianashley6 said:

My coworker and I have agreed that "regards" is basically the office-appropriate fuck you.

I only regards someone if I am pissed off at them.

The rest of the time its "Thanks, Jillian" if you haven't really helped me, "Thanks! Jillian" if you have helped me a little and "Thank you!!! Jillian" if I am really really grateful.


lol

I "Best regards" people when I have to reject them.


Ooops, lol.

[pittsmcgee]

There is a girl at work that signs her emails:

Best Wishes,
XXXX XXXX

?

[texassmith]

Sept 18, 2014 13:40:04 GMT -5 Les Paul said:

Love,
Les


Professional, right? Works every time.

One of the highlights of my week is when one of the local radio djs calls a business, asks a lot of questions and generally is super friendly with the person on the phone. Then at the end she says "I love you" and tries to get them to say it back. SO FUNNY.

I know it's only kind of related (or not really much at all). But same loving sentiment, lol.

[joshlyman]

One of my coworkers (at a separate location) has:

Have a Blessed Day!
-Coworker

It is totally unprofessional and drives me nuts.