Annoying flowery adjectives and adverbs in work emails

Is anyone else annoyed when you see phrases in work emails like, "Just a gentle reminder" or "Kindly reply back"?

It makes me want to say, "How bout I gently remind you by kindly beating you with a stick?"

Maybe I have some unsorted anger issues...not sure

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stryder144

Ah, passive-aggressive communications. My favorite.

blatini

Ya I much prefer receiving emails prefaced with "Hey fuckface"

You need to find better things to get frustrated about Packet P Hitler...

Iristheangel

blatini wrote: »

Ya I much prefer receiving emails prefaced with "Hey fuckface"

You need to find better things to get frustrated about Packet P Hitler...

Ha! I KNEW you loved it when I started my emails like that! Jking :P

Fulcrum45

In an intro email it's fine- especially if it's addressing several people. I guess I never gave it much thought. Of course I've been using "Hey Fuckface" in my emails for years.

packetphilter

blatini wrote: »

Ya I much prefer receiving emails prefaced with "Hey fuckface"

At least then I'd feel like they were expressing their true thoughts

NetworkingStudent

packetphilter wrote: »

Is anyone else annoyed when you see phrases in work emails like, "Just a gentle reminder" or "Kindly reply back"?

It makes me want to say, "How bout I gently remind you by kindly beating you with a stick?"

Maybe I have some unsorted anger issues...not sure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EBfxjSFAxQ

Moss from the IT Crowd deals with the fire emergency in the only way he knows how - by sending an email

blatini

Iristheangel wrote: »

Ha! I KNEW you loved it when I started my emails like that! Jking :P

@packetphilter Some people make everything slightly more awkward when they're asking something of you. As long as I don't have to suffer through a phone call with them they can gently by the by time permitting all they want. I will count that as a win

revbox

There is always that one ******* SDM that does this in every workplace. Like, reminding people what time the workday officially starts even though you were up till 1 AM doing maintenance and connected remotely this morning from home while sipping coffee, or asking people to be quiet in the hallways even though they choose to leave their office door wide open and expect everyone else to act like it is a library.

revbox

The words ass and hole combined get censored, but fuckface is legit?

Fulcrum45

revbox wrote: »

The words ass and hole combined get censored, but fuckface is legit?

TE hasn't caught on to our hip new lingo.