February 2012
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Please Advise This!
I feel that I must repeat myself, because people just aren’t getting it.
Do NOT use the phrase “Please Advise” at the end of your business e-mails. It renders everything you just said in your e-mail immediately invalid. In my heart and soul, I picture the person who dares type this phrase as having Dalek qualities.
The business etiquette of an Imbecile.
A Sleestak with a...
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Phone etiquette
One of the worst things you can do to a busy person or department, is to drop a blind transfer call on them. It’s impossibly rude. When a shitty receptionist or another department doesn’t want to take the time to gather relevant information to deliver that before transferring a call, it’s an indication of potential incompetence.
This very situation has caused me on several...
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January 2012
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Small Irritations
Just a few thoughts today, on e-mail composition in a professional setting, in the case of wanting appear semi-professional:
Signatures need not include 14 lines of physical addresses, fax numbers, license information, multiple degrees, and posturing, followed with a lengthy disclosure statement. If your e-mail is required to include a disclosure statement due to legal regulations, try removing...
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Loud mouths, gather round!
“You’re a loud mouth baby. You better shut up - I’m gonna beat you up.”
- The Ramones
Today, we’re going to review a few matters on phone etiquette and volume control in the office. There’s at least one loud mouth bastard in every office. He or she grates on the nerves of everyone, and you know exactly what you’d like to do to that person after...
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No matter what you think, everyone can hear you tapping…tapping…tapping on your desk with that fucking pen. Someone’s going to crack, just you wait.
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Over-Communication
Send me another email to ask me if I got your phone message a moment ago. I dare you. Over-communication in the office decreases work productivity, and creates tension between co-workers. Respect for your colleague’s work-flow shows respect for their expertise and ability to react to e-mails and phone messages within an appropriate amount of time, without your “help”. The...
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I've had it with you office people.
Sincerely, this is the last straw. And now, you’re getting on my bad side.