Shit that annoys you

I think it’s an English thing. Like it’s short for “best regards” or “all my best”. I remember a friend putting that on a postcard in the’[emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji6[emoji640][emoji637]]][emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]]]s. It’s not new or that uncommon regardless whether you’ve seen it before.


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I’ve used “Thanks,” for years
News to me that it’s gauche or overly informal

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Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles

When did it start?

What does it mean?

"Safe and inoffensive" Yeah. Could the same be said for "Bannana"


I suppose I'm actually annoyed that safe path in communicate seems to have swung to taking any bit of spice and flavor out of almost everything. I'm grateful that I don't really operate it this spaces so when I get one of these emails they stand out.

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Are you being intentionally obtuse? While I don’t exchange emails that much and I “don’t operate in this space”, it’s not to difficult to get the gist if someone were to sign off that way.


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Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles

When did it start?

What does it mean?

"Safe and inoffensive" Yeah. Could the same be said for "Bannana"


I suppose I'm actually annoyed that safe path in communicate seems to have swung to taking any bit of spice and flavor out of almost everything. I'm grateful that I don't really operate it this spaces so when I get one of these emails they stand out.

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I sign off nearly every email with "thanks" unless im trying to make an impression.

It depends on the person youre sending the email to, and what knowledge you have of them, but i love throwing inside jokes and eastereggs into correspondence and my engineering plans. E.g. i knew the fire marshal had a good natured rivalry with the police dept and so i would throw in little jabs about the intelligence of the police compared to firefighters. Or when the contractor requested we provide a plan that was out of scope and the client more or less strongarmed us into providing it for free (there was drama), i found a way to name the plansheet FU-01, so that on all correspondence going forward everyone had to refer to it as the FU plan (the GC thought it was really funny and 100% played into saying it often). Or when a reviewer showed up to a meeting with an Oklahoma Sooner shirt (and i confirmed she was a sooner) i signed off every email from thereon "Horns Down".


But when youre firing out 50 emails a day you do fallback on autopilot a lot. Its better, IMO, than the folks who sign with some kind of inspirational saying like "be great today!"

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Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles

When did it start?

What does it mean?

"Safe and inoffensive" Yeah. Could the same be said for "Bannana"


I suppose I'm actually annoyed that safe path in communicate seems to have swung to taking any bit of spice and flavor out of almost everything. I'm grateful that I don't really operate it this spaces so when I get one of these emails they stand out.

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Best Regards, Regards, Best.

I'll take those over no salutations, no one should be too busy to say hello and goodbye if they need something from me.

As long as I have had email I have been signing all of my emails with:

Thank you,

-my_name_goes_here

Real men sign off with "toodles"

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Originally Posted by californiagrown

E.g. i knew the fire marshal had a good natured rivalry with the police dept and so i would throw in little jabs about the intelligence of the police compared to firefighters.

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Be careful with this unless you have a relationship with them both. The best way I can explain this to you is that my wife can talk all the shit she wants on her fuck up sister, but I don't get to cross that line.

If you don't sign off "Sincerely" then you obviously aren't being sincere.

On a different topic, we've got some giant pieces of styrofoam at home that were packaging for a large TV. My wife called and asked if there is curbside pickup for styro in Seattle, and turns out there is. It's free, however the styro needs to be put into no more than two 30 gallon trash bags. WTF? The reason I want to get rid of the stuff is that it is gigantic and won't fit into trash bags. Also I don't have 30 gallon trash bags. The standard kitchen ones are 13 gallon. I also want to know what the odds are that it ends up in a landfill no matter how I dispose of it.

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Originally Posted by californiagrown

I sign off nearly every email with "thanks" unless im trying to make an impression.

It depends on the person youre sending the email to, and what knowledge you have of them, but i love throwing inside jokes and eastereggs into correspondence and my engineering plans. E.g. i knew the fire marshal had a good natured rivalry with the police dept and so i would throw in little jabs about the intelligence of the police compared to firefighters. Or when the contractor requested we provide a plan that was out of scope and the client more or less strongarmed us into providing it for free (there was drama), i found a way to name the plansheet FU-01, so that on all correspondence going forward everyone had to refer to it as the FU plan (the GC thought it was really funny and 100% played into saying it often). Or when a reviewer showed up to a meeting with an Oklahoma Sooner shirt (and i confirmed she was a sooner) i signed off every email from thereon "Horns Down".


But when youre firing out 50 emails a day you do fallback on autopilot a lot. Its better, IMO, than the folks who sign with some kind of inspirational saying like "be great today!"

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I love it

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Originally Posted by zion zig zag

Be careful with this unless you have a relationship with them both. The best way I can explain this to you is that my wife can talk all the shit she wants on her fuck up sister, but I don't get to cross that line.

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There is a LARGE difference between good natured ribbing and outright shit-talking and making cutting comments about real issues.

I had just attended a meeting with both the week prior which had a bunch of good natured ribbing going both ways that they obviously enjoyed and i felt comfortable throwing a joke into the email about how the required firetruck turnaround we designed would satisfy fire dept requirements and also make the PD happy because it looked like a donut.

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Originally Posted by toast2266

Real men sign off with "toodles"

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I'll accept that over ttyl.

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There is a LARGE difference between good natured ribbing and outright shit-talking and making cutting comments about real issues.

I had just attended a meeting with both the week prior which had a bunch of good natured ribbing going both ways that they obviously enjoyed and i felt comfortable throwing a joke into the email about how the required firetruck turnaround we designed would satisfy fire dept requirements and also make the PD happy because it looked like a donut.

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Yeah I'm sure you're ok.

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Originally Posted by Elkhound Odin

"Thanks" and "Best" and similar terse signoff is way too informal for proper business correspondence. Unfortunately, younger generations are driving this common speak so everything sounds like a text message. It's just lazy.

....OK Boomer.....:rolleyes2

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OK Boomer, for sure, Boomer.

You get annoyed when people use "Of course" instead of "You're welcome"? :D

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You get annoyed when people use "Of course" instead of "You're welcome"? :D

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I’m far from a boomer, but I’m pretty fucking over “ok boomer.”

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Originally Posted by zion zig zag

I’m far from a boomer, but I’m pretty fucking over “ok boomer.”

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Sounds like you may identify as a Boomer.

NTTAWWT.

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Upper management.

Middle management.

and while we're at it, lower management.

All of 'em.

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At least he doesn't have to watch the Pistons.

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Tonight he's watching both.

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Should probably be in the Chiefs thread, but how the fuck do the Niners go from 30+ points scored a week ago to last nights 6. FUCK!!!!

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Originally Posted by liv2ski

Should probably be in the Chiefs thread, but how the fuck do the Niners go from 30+ points scored a week ago to last nights 6. FUCK!!!!

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Pissing rain with a slippery field. Plus deteriorating team chemistry.

FWIW its easier to play in snow than it is in pissing rain (grip on the ball and the field are much more consistent in snow).

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Originally Posted by toast2266

Real men sign off with "toodles"

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I've enjoyed using "Ta", instead of "Kind Regards" or "Best Regards"

Never tried the "Toodles", but maybe it's time to start

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Originally Posted by skuff

I've enjoyed using "Ta", instead of "Kind Regards" or "Best Regards"

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Wanker. :D

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Originally Posted by skaredshtles

Wanker. :D

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But I learned about it from someone here

Maybe we could adapt Jerry Seinfeld's advice for responding when someone sneezes and start using "You are so good looking!" as an email sign-off.

Grown ass men wearing $800 pre-distressed Golden Goose shoes.

They looked dumb on your wife and they look even worse on you, guy.