Workplace etiquette is very important. Good manners and politeness is what allows people to create harmonious office environments which are crucial to the well-being of employees. Respectful greetings and small talk is the glue that turns an array of different people with wildly different backgrounds and work styles into a cohesive team.
Now that a lot of workplace communication happens online, the need for courteous exchanges also extends to emails and instant messages. Internet etiquette or netiquette is a set of common rules that you can’t veer off of because of how easily written words can be misinterpreted.
However, sometimes it’s very tempting to go off script and cuss out a boss who clearly doesn’t get your boundaries. Or simply leave out the emotionally taxing pleasantries and get to the point right off the bat. Why are we in such a desperate need to start each exchange with “I hope this email finds you well”?
If that’s how you feel, the collection of posts below will make you feel seen. The list consists of netiquette fatigue as well as accidents including wrong attachments, unfortunate typos, and email avoidance. Prepare to relate and dive in.
#1 As He Should
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#2 I’m Celebrating 10 Years Of This As My Email Signature At Work. To Date, Not One Person Has Noticed
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#3 Europeans Work To Live, And Americans Live To Work
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#4 I Wish I Had The Courage To Do That
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#5 Better Later Than Never
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#6 In My Defense R, And T Are Quite Close
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#7 Me Most Of The Days
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#8 Odd Ways To End An Email
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#9 Tag, You’re It
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#10 HR At My Work Was Sending Emails To A Different Andrew In Australia For Over A Year. This Is His Response
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#11 Unhinged Email Sign-Offs Until My Boss Notices
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#12 So Crazy
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#13 Because You Spent Saturday And Sunday Thinking About That Email
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#14 Same
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#15 We Got A Snowstorm Last Night. My (Female) Boss’s Email Probably Shocked A Few People In Our Office
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#16 Professional Work Email
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#17 Learn Something New Every Day
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#18 I Like This Way Better Than “I Hope This Email Finds You Well.” This Sender Can Read The Room And Knows No One Is Being Found Well These Days
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#19 I Was Just Going To Carry On Applying For Jobs With Chilli Beef Recipes
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#20 Relatable
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#21 This Is So True
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#22 Free Like A Bird
#23 Fair Enough
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#24 No One Will Notice
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#25 I Felt This
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#26 Company-Wide Emails Like This Usually Apply More To Some Than They Do To Others
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#27 Accurate
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#28 It’s Monday And You Know What That Means
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#29 It’s Almost Usable
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#30 I Literally Giggled About This All Day
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#31 I Wanted To Hurl Myself Into The Sun
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#32 Omg If I Were The Recipient I’d Be So Stoked. Would Show All My Friends And Make Them Jealous
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#33 Gotta Be The Second One. Do It For The People Who Are Not Paying Attention To What Is In The Middle
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#34 My Friend Sent This Email To His CEO And All Employees Using A Fake Account. “No One Should Have To Poop In Fear”
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#35 Unique Work Email Sign-Off
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#36 The Passive-Aggressive Smiley Gets Them Every Time
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#37 As A Precaution, I Leave The Building After Every Email
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#38 My Husband Calls That Person My Representative
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#39 Being A Millennial And Having To Deal With Work Emails
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#40 Apologizing For Your Own Existence Is Generally Just The Polite Thing To Do
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#41 I Don’t Know Why Am I This Way
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#42 The Worst
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#43 It’s A Matter Of Perspective
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#44 This Is How I Effectively Sign-Off Emails Now
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#45 Passive-Aggressive Sign-Off
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#46 Quick Thinking
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#47 Those Exclamation Marks Are Key
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#48 So True
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#49 This Is Genius
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#50 I Sent This Email To My Coworker On My Second Day Of Work
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