May 10th, 2020
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Phrases such as "LMAO" and "ASL" should be allowed in professional emails
Professional emails are so fucking stressful. We have to choose every single word, punctuation mark, and paragraph space so carefully. A common woe is "I already used an exclamation mark in this sentence, I can't use it again."
It is my belief that a lot of personality is lost in this process. Professionalism should not come at the cost of getting to know what someone is like.
It is so hard to convey humor in an email. Text slang and acronyms should be allowed.
Additionally, for speed, which is often a huge factor, acronyms such as ASL should be used in the context of asking where a potential employee is, how old they are, and what sex they are.
I think this would make the hiring process a lot easier, as employers would have a better sense of how potential employees really are, and give emailing a faster pace.
May 10th, 2020
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BimBamBopBun
The whole point of professionalism is to remove personality from the equation to ensure everyone can work together regardless. Especially as a lot of people are dicks.
Nowhere is going to risk suped up office politics so that people they dont cafe vaout can be lazier writing emails.
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Hans-Hammertime
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anon476433
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tehlemmings
A coworker of mine sent an email that included a video of him signing the message as a joke for April fool's day.
It was apparently funny, but only six people in the office got it.
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Armigine
Conveying humor is pretty much at odds with professionalism - not that it can never be in place in a job, I joke with coworkers tons, including in text based communications at work. But if you're writing an email to someone about an issue you want to have resolved, or any situation you think might later be read about by someone else, you don't need to be funny. You don't need to get your personality across. Act like your written communications which could potentially be read by someone else (as part of an email chain, or an investigation, or whatever) are definitely going to be read by someone else.
So.. you can use slang. But in some settings, it's not appropriate, and you should be able to tell what settings those are.
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TheBestBoot
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Skorokhodov
Age/sex/location
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kavorkajerry
A/S/L
Age, Sex, Location
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[deleted]
Ah yea that one comes up all the time in professional emails
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jakeypooh94
Can you use it in a sentence? I’ve never seen ASL before and now I’m just trying to figure out how I’m supposed to use that in a conversation
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kavorkajerry
ASL was always its own standalone sentence. It was something used in early 2000s chatrooms. I haven't heard someone ask it since my Habbo Hotel/World Industries chat room days circa 2004ish. It's not something I would so bluntly ask in a professional setting.
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Herr_Braun
' A common woe is "I already used an exclamation mark in this sentence, I can't use it again." '
In my humble opinion, an exclamation mark should not be used for anything less severe than something being on fire.
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MoonChaser22
And if something is indeed on fire, why are you using text based communication?
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PlopKitties
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SuperPotatoPancakes
Agreed!
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comyuse
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willky7
It entirely depends on the workspace. Not to mention it opens up for massive discrimination as gender nor age should factor into anything. If it's a sales job maybe but a job that doesn't require socialising shouldn't alienate half of the worlds population.
Speaking of, anyone without english as a first language would be totally lost and that's unfair to them.
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LuciusDickusMaximus
Racist
LindaFrmPortia
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TheMiner150104
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Sovtek95
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