Colleague's fluffy language!

[Mk9821]

Just received an out of office reply to an email sent to my colleague.
"currently at this present time I'm not at work abd not going to be back in the office till xxx".
She never gets straight to the point, why to some people use overly fluffy and round the houses ways of saying something that can be summarised in a few words?

It’s not that bad. Probably done in a rush. YABU by nitpicking.

They may not know their return date depending on the reason eg they are unwell

I bet she also uses "myself" and "yourself" a lot, doesn't she? Especially on phones calls - "I was just calling yourself to see if you'd see the email from myself..."

Trying to hard with too many words. Surprised she didn't stick 'at this moment in time' in there just to be triple sure you understood.

I’d reply and ask “Are you off right now? Today? Currently? Presently? Right this minute?” just to be certain.

I didn’t know you worked with my sister!

Thanks for my new ooo!!

People seem to do this when they're trying to sound more intelligent. It doesn't work. See also 'myself'.

Yeah that's about double the number of words necessary.

Does she constantly refer to herself as 'myself'?

'At this present time myself and Gary are proceeding to contemplate a range of varied sustenance options. If you would like to be involved in the round table discussion on this subject going forward, please liaise with myself at 1pm for a debrief.'

As opposed to 'Me and Gary are going to get lunch, not sure what yet. If you want anything let me know when I'm going'.

Because they are a bit thick

I hear you OP. I try to stop my team doing this but it's an uphill battle. The people who do it tend to be the same ones that insist on enquiring after my health in every email, are still wishing everyone happy new year in every email, use "myself" and "yourself" inappropriately and cannot get sincerely / faithfully the right way round for love nor money.

She's really under your skin then.

At the opposite end of the spectrum one of my colleagues put her out of office on Friday as she was off for the day. It just said. BACK MONDAY
Capitals, no who to contact, forwarding email etc. Not even her name/footer.
I like her a lot.

Get a life! Hardly a big deal is it, someone elses OoO?! Surely you have more important things in your life to focus on!

At least there is a date for return. Before Christmas, I had to message almost 3,000 employees. The ridiculous out of offices was unbelievable, & these were line managers.

one said, ‘I’m not in, contact Paul’.

I work in an organisation of over 70,000 employees. Paul who?

Needless to say, their email did not get forwarded to anyone else.

@RandomMess just wanted to thank you for a new word for me. Prolixity. Wonderful!

They are on holiday

A very fluffy thread.

She could at least have added: 'yourself can expect to hear back from myself after xxxx date'.

@BitOutOfPractice isn’t it just wonderful!

Seems fine to me, pretty much what I would put.

This.

What sounds more professional?

😆 I cringe to my back teeth with the people who refer to themselves as “myself” - arrrgh STFU you think it sounds clever but you sound like a thick twat!!!

Lol what? You think saying ‘currently’ and ‘at the present time’ in the same sentence is fairly standard?