I had an exchange with a visitor to my Business E-mail Etiquette Blog suggesting we need to cater to the generation that doesn’t feel proper sentence structure is important by doing the same. This will make sure we as “cool and not give away our age”.
In other words insinuating only us old fogies communicate properly and that doing so simply isn’t “cool.” Wow! What ever happened to teaching by example? I don’t know about you but I don’t particularly worry about being perceived as cool and not giving away my age when communicating properly.
To be taken seriously in day-to-day personal e-mails it is important to your message, request or point of view to use proper case. In forums or when filling out a Web site form to make a request, communicating in an educated way will most certainly have your request rise above those who seem as though they haven’t made it out of grade school.
Sometimes I am really amazed at the resistance to communicating properly with the written word. Those who choose to not make these efforts apparently are über lazy. What is the big deal about using the shift key?
Educated folks type in an educated way. If not doing so is something one should think about doing to fit in; I am perfectly okay with the fact that to some I just don’t have the “cool” factor.
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I’m sixteen and I find typing like a moron should be punishable by death. Gah, I hate dumb people, as well as educated people who find it necessary to feign stupidity.
Hey, Wishy:
Thanks for your comments! I too am amazed how otherwise educated folks, communicate like they didn’t make it out of kindergarten when it comes to e-mails.
In business, feigning stupidity or ignorance about these issues can be the kiss of death! I wrote about this on my Business E-mail Etiquette Blog yesterday, Business E-mail Etiquette and Perceptions.
All you and I can do is lead by example and hope that over time, and unnecessary misunderstandings caused by lack of e-mail etiquette, that the onliners you describe will make more of an effort to communicate with clarity.
Over the years what I’ve found is there are those who just are not aware of these issues. You can use my “Tell a Friend” feature at the top right of every page to send subtle “hints.” E-mail Etiquette really isn’t brain surgery afterall — it’s just using your education to type with “knowledge, understanding and courtesy!” ;-)