Anyone from the UK?

[Kat0069]

Morning all

Who's got the biscuits? and coffee too please!

 

[EbersMoll]

Yoda lady

Prepositions at the end of sentences is something up with which I will not put.
English is nuts.

 

[Polranny]

Morning all

Who's got the biscuits? and coffee too please!

Nescaff Americano and some of those lotus biscoff

 

[RachelWalsh]

Prepositions at the end of sentences is something up with which I will not put.
English is nuts.

I mean, I was always told.

 

[Kat0069]

Nescaff Americano and some of those lotus biscoff

Mmmm Biscoff.....

 

[Polranny]

Mmmm Biscoff.....

They're on special in B&M at the moment

 

[Kat0069]

Speaking of English... why do some people message you with your name first?
Like:
Kat, hi, [insert boring work question]

surely it should be the greeting first?! or is it just me?

 

[Wriggle]

Speaking of English... why do some people message you with your name first?
Like:
Kat, hi, [insert boring work question]

surely it should be the greeting first?! or is it just me?

If I wanted to condescend you, I'd start with the name.
Then probably call you petal, too.

Eg.
Kat, hi Petal.

 

[Wriggle]

Morning

Really need a back massage. And a holiday. And a lottery win. And some cake

I can provide half of those.

 

[Darkweather]

Speaking of English... why do some people message you with your name first?
Like:
Kat, hi, [insert boring work question]

surely it should be the greeting first?! or is it just me?

Have seen that. Rude if you ask me.
I'd rather they skip the intro totally if they aren't going to include a greeting. I know my name and since it is my email they are sending it too, so do they.

Having said that, convention in my office is full-on 'Dear...' !

 

[Wriggle]

I'm going to change workplace culture here by writing my emails such:

Dearest Fluffy Kitten,

Please could you provide me with last month's sales targets and any failures.

Yours sincerely,

Robert "Juicer" Johnson
Xxx

 

[Kat0069]

If I wanted to condescend you, I'd start with the name.
Then probably call you petal, too.

Eg.
Kat, hi Petal.

Petal is in the same realm as "good girl".

Have seen that. Rude if you ask me.
I'd rather they skip the intro totally if they aren't going to include a greeting. I know my name and since it is my email they are sending it too, so do they.

Having said that, convention in my office is full-on 'Dear...' !

Exactly! and oh dear....

 

[EbersMoll]

It’s better than what I sometimes get in Teams when someone in a different dept/country will message me directly with…

Hi

And then let the tumbleweed blow past while I attempt to read their mind.

 

[Darkweather]

It’s better than what I sometimes get in Teams when someone in a different dept/country will message me directly with…

Hi

And then let the tumbleweed blow past while I attempt to read their mind.

Like when you can see someone is typing...and typing...and typing... and then it appears and just says 'hi'

 

[orangecurious]

Nescaff Americano and some of those lotus biscoff

got some biscoff too... trouble is, easy to eat half a packet in one go!

mokka pot just burbled to a finish.

 

[Kat0069]

@EbersMoll @Darkweather exactly!! Then you wait half a day for the actual question to appear.

@orangecurious only half?!

 

[Wriggle]

Petal is in the same realm as "good girl".

Only a naughty/bad girl would take umbridge with such pet names.

But here's the thing with Girl, too.
- I'd never call a grown woman that - it's just a bit noncey.

 

[Kat0069]

Only a naughty/bad girl would take umbridge with such pet names.

But here's the thing with Girl, too.
- I'd never call a grown woman that - it's just a bit noncey.

It's just completely condescending in the work environment. I'm not a girl, I'm a woman. But my gender should also have nothing to do with it.

And I can't really comment on the first part...

 

[Wriggle]

Even outside the workplace or in the bedroom - girl is not a pet name or in my vernacular for a lover.

 

[Adorabubble]

If they don't call me princess I ain't answering!

 

[deft]

If they don't call me princess I ain't answering!

Feisty!

 

[Adorabubble]

Feisty!

 

[deft]

Very well, Princess!

 

[thefishfryer]

Yoda lady

or a person of foreignness.

 

[thefishfryer]

They're on special in B&M at the moment

Oops, I misread that and got excited for a moment. Should have realised it was B for biscuits, not S