email etiquette 101
Today I had to write a paper about bad email etiquette and give an example of a bad email I received at work.
Hello. I work for a college. As hard as it is to believe, no one I work with writes poorly constructed emails.
I had to make something up. This means I spent the time writing a bad email just to correct my own bad email. *sigh*
That was the first ever assignment I really wanted to skip. It was for a Business Writing college course. I can see the need for such an assignment. I just don’t need it myself. I work for a company that has great email manners.
For the same course I also had to write a formal business letter. Who does this anymore? With the onslaught of technology there are programs set up just to sent out mass letters to customers, etc. I stopped writing letters on actual paper about 7 years ago in my working life. I seriously just found a template for block letters and filled in the appropriate information. Again….lame assignment.
Next week I have to write a “Negative” letter and a “Persuasive” letter. Can you sense my utter excitement?
I had a Sociology class one time where we were allowed to actually make up scenarios and write a paper about it. I was glad, because the topic was about breaking social norms and how people reacted (like picking your nose in public, or other embarrassing things). I didn’t want to do any of that, but it was hard to simply imagine doing it and how people would react.