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signing an email
Posted on 9/15/20 at 6:57 am
Posted on 9/15/20 at 6:57 am
How pretentious is it to sign the first letter of your name instead of your entire name?
Posted on 9/15/20 at 7:25 am to Rex Feral
The HR lady at work does that
She is very pretentious
She is very pretentious
Posted on 9/15/20 at 8:15 am to Rex Feral
Very pretentious.
Signed,
H
Signed,
H
Posted on 9/15/20 at 10:34 am to Rex Feral
Pretty damn pretentious move, if you ask me.
Signed,
Bruce
Signed,
Bruce
Posted on 9/15/20 at 11:30 am to Rex Feral
Just as bad as anyone who signs off with
Cheers!
Cheers!
Posted on 9/15/20 at 1:28 pm to DirtyDawg
Not pretentious at all.
Cheers,
H
Cheers,
H
Posted on 9/15/20 at 3:53 pm to DirtyDawg
I just use a letter, no hyphen. People call me by the letter anyway. Plus my name and formal bs is below it as the signature.
B
B
Posted on 9/16/20 at 4:37 am to Rex Feral
I think signing emails is a stupid tradition anyway.
you know who its fricking from.
you know who its fricking from.

Posted on 9/16/20 at 2:44 pm to Rex Feral
The first letter is fine. Its the people that put their picture in the signature line of the email that need to be given a firm shaking by the shoulders
Posted on 9/19/20 at 12:43 pm to Rex Feral
We have to at my job
Its company wide mandatory
Its company wide mandatory
Posted on 9/19/20 at 12:44 pm to Rex Feral
Almost as pretentious as
Best,
Best,
Posted on 9/21/20 at 2:39 pm to Rex Feral
When you have underlings sending messages from your account it helps to let the reader know who is sending the message. Plus all my formal name and title is in the signature block.
JS
JS
Posted on 9/22/20 at 8:09 pm to Rex Feral
Still better than an a-hole at work who does a close tag with his first initial:


Posted on 9/23/20 at 8:35 am to Rex Feral
It's strange to me that I've gotten so old and business folks so young that nobody has mentioned what to me is the obvious reason. Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, single women living alone nearly ALWAYS used their first initial only in the phone book (what's a phone book?) and frequently did same in business e-mails. They did so so that the recipient would at least read the mail before trashing it.
[Edit] ...and, of course, to head off stalkers.
[Edit] ...and, of course, to head off stalkers.
This post was edited on 9/23/20 at 11:13 am
Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:17 am to Rex Feral
I have auto reply on for all emails.
It reads:
Thank you for your email. I'm terribly busy right now, but will read and respond (if necessary) at a future date and time of my choosing.
If I do not respond in a timely fashion, please resend and state that you are still waiting on a response from me.
KYWF1
It reads:
Thank you for your email. I'm terribly busy right now, but will read and respond (if necessary) at a future date and time of my choosing.
If I do not respond in a timely fashion, please resend and state that you are still waiting on a response from me.
KYWF1
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