AIBU to ask what email sign offs you use

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Just that really.

I think regards sounds grumpy.

Best wishes slightly flimsy.

Yours sincerely is more for hard copy letters.

Saw yours truly the other day but that sounds odd and somehow ancient.

I’m in a senior professional role in quite a conventional field. Currently use kind regards but feel like an update.

What are people using just now?

Every professional who emails me uses Kind Regards.

Really, people are using Kind Regards?

Well it's better than when I did use Regards to end an email and ended up putting "Retards". That's why I now put nothing.

Mind you, I was having a bad day with the team.

I like Good morning / afternoon

It avoids having to think about gender (Dear Sir / Madam worked fine until gender became such a hot topic) or whether to be informal (Bob) or formal (Mr Hoskins)

Late 19th century.

It's no way universal that 'regards' conveys a hidden 'you have annoyed me' meaning. Sometimes it really is used as an inoffensive normal sign off.

It's one of the many things that people view differently so no-one knows where they are because there's people who say what they mean and mean what they say, and then those who don't, who claim that X always means Y etc and a lot of the time, you don't know which is which.

All these sign offs are fine. Wouldn't think ooh that's a cold sign off if it was a work email

At one point my mum had an auto sign as Regards on all texts. As in
Regards, Barbara

We and the DC used to chuckle.

Just seen something on Twitter that reminded me of a large organisation I applied for a role with a long while ago. Every single email was signed off with "Big Love" - including the "you didn't get the role" email.

They subsequently went into administration - I did wonder whether all the P45s and advisory notes to former suppliers that they owed £££ to were sent out with "Big Love"

I think that is exactly why "regards" is such a joy to use when you are miffed. The receiver either doesn't know (so can't complain, but you feel better because you've engaged in a mini rebellion), or does know, in which case, there's absolutely nothing they can do about it, because it is in common use, and they can't reasonably complain.

FWIW, in real life I am very straightforward, but sometimes in business that's not appropriate, no matter how much the person has annoyed you!

@ThinWomansBrain - I am always sorry when people are made redundant, or lose their jobs, but your post did make me smile!

Kind regards generally (often abbreviated to KR if I know the person well and we email frequently) but just regards if I'm annoyed with the recipient

The most toe curling sign off I've come across is from Oodie

"Sending snuggly vibes,"

That in itself is enough to make sure I never buy from them again!

I always put Kind Regards (unless someone has really, really annoyed me and I'm in a bad mood in which case I just put Regards)

Mostly:
"Thanks
Nordicrainagain"

Sometimes "many thanks"

If someone has annoyed me, "Regards" or just my name.