Thanks.
Thanks.
I think it takes me approximately one second to type that word. Sometimes I change it up in written communication - the occasional Thank You or Muchas Gracias or Much Obliged.
All of this takes a minuscule amount of time and energy.
Why, then, do so many people include "Thanks" in their standard email footer? It certainly doesn't feel so genuine, especially when the footer is in a different font/size/color from the actual written email. Rest assured, every time you see the following at the end of an email from me, I typed it just for you.
Thanks.
Flipper
3 comments:
I have less problem with the "thanks" not being genuine than I do with it simply not applying to all emails. "Regards" in a signature line, while no more genuine, is at least more generic an expression. You can tell someone off in an email and still express regards. (You're not telling them the character of the regards. Some conclude notes with "best regards." Maybe the ambiguous ones are "worst.") Thanks, on the other hand, does not fit at the end of an email in which youa re telling someone off, blaming someone for your own failures, or forwarding a recipe.
I have less problem with the "thanks" not being genuine than I do with it simply not applying to all emails. "Regards" in a signature line, while no more genuine, is at least more generic an expression. You can tell someone off in an email and still express regards. (You're not telling them the character of the regards. Some conclude notes with "best regards." Maybe the ambiguous ones are "worst.") Thanks, on the other hand, does not fit at the end of an email in which youa re telling someone off, blaming someone for your own failures, or forwarding a recipe.
Is there an echo in here or is it me?
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