Email Salutations

[zebra363]

I have a pet peeve about this, but am pretty sure I'm in a tiny minority and thought I'd check other people's opinions.  Pretend you're emailing three people called Jane.

Poll Email Salutations

Comments

[joandarck]

The greetings that set my teeth on edge are in fact often necessary to create the right tone.

It's unfortunate that these things vary so much from person to person, isn't it? Something so instinctive. One big problem in my relationship with my ex was that the thing my voice does when I'm excited -- trying to get your attention in a hurry, making a joke, that kind of thing -- sounded to him like I was really upset and/or angry. Even after we talked it out and established that it was just a cultural misunderstanding, he was absolutely unable to hear it any differently, and it ruined many a day for us. At least with email, there's a little more time to calm down and process and think, "What did this person actually mean to convey?"

And I do consider most of my workmates, and certainly my boss, personal friends to a fairly significant extent.

Wow, nice! You're a lucky person.

If I don't, I find another job (or try to get rid of them as a client if I work for them privately).

I take that back about the luck, then -- you're making your own luck.