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Email sign off etiquette poll

50 replies

CrawleyJ · 14/05/2020 22:13

BW or KR instead of Best Wishes/Kind Regards

YES - it’s the modern era, we don’t have time for full words, the sentiment is there

NO - rude as fuck, how important do you think you are that you can’t even type out best wishes

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Am I being unreasonable?

222 votes. Final results.

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You are being unreasonable
80%
You are NOT being unreasonable
20%
GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat · 14/05/2020 22:14

Is yes - YABU
No- Yanbu ??

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Cupcakegirl13 · 14/05/2020 22:14

It’s a No from me !

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DrinkFeckArseGirls · 14/05/2020 22:15

No

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PrivateD00r · 14/05/2020 22:16

Need a better guide for voting op!

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ilovewinterpansies · 14/05/2020 22:16

No. Rude as fuck.

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plunkplunkfizz · 14/05/2020 22:17

I don’t think it’s rude as such, just very, very wanky. See also “Thx”.

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TokyoSushi · 14/05/2020 22:17

No, you look like a twat.

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CrawleyJ · 14/05/2020 22:17

Fuck sakes

I was looking at the yes/no to enable voting Angry

YANBU - it’s all cool
YABU - rude bastard

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TwatCat · 14/05/2020 22:18

I'd never use it. It would take me a while to work out what BW before someone's name meant.

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Livpool · 14/05/2020 22:19

YABU

It is rude and I wouldn't know what it meant

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Ilovebanoffeepie · 14/05/2020 22:19

Nooooooo!!

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Sparklingbrook · 14/05/2020 22:20

I wouldn't automatically realise what the abbreviations meant.

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Liddell · 14/05/2020 22:20

No, for all the time it takes to write it in full, I woudn't resort to BW and KR.

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CrawleyJ · 14/05/2020 22:20

We have someone at work who signs off

Thx

BW

JD (made up initials)

It’s fucking rude isn’t it?!

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TwatCat · 14/05/2020 22:21

BW Big Wanker
KR Kinky Rimjob

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Bella2020 · 14/05/2020 22:21

No. It's incredibly rude. It gives the impression you can't be bothered, or that your time is more valuable than theirs, when you're too lazy to even type a few more letters.

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Onemorefuck · 14/05/2020 22:21

NO

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MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 14/05/2020 22:21

Rude as fuck and wanky to go with it!

Why is voting 50/50 when everyone has said no?Confused

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BuffaloCauliflower · 14/05/2020 22:22

I find it really irritating, and I’m in a work culture that’s just thanks, initial, x most of the time (which I’m fine with!)

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zscaler · 14/05/2020 22:22

I would find it rude and / or pretentious

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CrawleyJ · 14/05/2020 22:22

And person is senior leader, so has now spread through organisation and more and more people are doing it

I’m going to go with a new trend

Yours, forever faithfully, in kindest regards

JD

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worriedwellworrier · 14/05/2020 22:23

I had no idea this was rude, I’ve always used BW. Ooops.....time to change!

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Dollywilde · 14/05/2020 22:23

Rude - If you’re emailing someone who you know well enough to use abbreviations with then you’re not saying ‘kind regards’ or ‘best wishes’. Either it’s my boss saying ‘can you do this, ta’ and it’s not needed, or I’m emailing a client in which case I should be typing in full.

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CrawleyJ · 14/05/2020 22:25

Dear @Worriedwellworrier,

I hope this post finds you well? Please desist from using BW in future communications.

Yours, in anticipation,

JD

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rosamacrose · 14/05/2020 22:26

YANBU
I have a colleague who signs off with

Best

Find that a bit pretentious, too.

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