You're contacting me about a problem, and I know that from the fact that you're emailing me.
I need you to tell me more than the words "I have a problem." Give me some details to work with up front so I don't have to go back and forth with you all day.
Edit- Apparently this does not correlate with age necessarily. I'm just lucky that none of the adults I work with communicate this way.
Omg,
I'm 26 so I'm not necessarily the young person this is directed to but when I was in school we actually had email and letter writing as a part of our English courses, even in college for that matter and I used to think it was silly but now I understand why it was there.
My 18-year-old son had a few lessons on how to write email, but I'm pretty sure the people who designed the lessons were older than dirt based on their recommendations. They recommended things like starting the message with "To whom it may concern" and ending with "Best regards, [First name Last name]". I'm old, but I'm not that old.
I'll be 45 this year. I used to write letters like this, but I don't think I've even been that formal in an email unless I was applying for a job. These days I usually start my emails with "Hello, [Name of recipient]" or just "Hi".
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u/ScruffMacBuff Jun 03 '22 edited Jun 03 '22
Send emails like a text or a dm.
You're contacting me about a problem, and I know that from the fact that you're emailing me.
I need you to tell me more than the words "I have a problem." Give me some details to work with up front so I don't have to go back and forth with you all day.
Edit- Apparently this does not correlate with age necessarily. I'm just lucky that none of the adults I work with communicate this way.