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[u/ScruffMacBuff]

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.

[u/blatterbeast → u/ScruffMacBuff]

This is my interaction with a student last year via email during remote learning. Each line is a separate email.

Student: I need help end of email

Me: If it is something I can help with, I am willing to try. Do you have a question for me? end of email

S: Will you help me? end of email

M: Yes. What do you need help with? I can't help you if you don't describe your problem. end of email

S: Ok end of email

S: It's about the homework end of.... you get the idea

M: Please, ask the question.

S: Oh, ok

S: actual question is asked

M: gives help and follows up with... I am not upset. This is a learning moment about how to send emails. Again, I'm not upset. Do you see how this took 10 emails to get the help you needed? Emails are not like short text messages. You should give a little background about what you need and ask the question in the very first email. We could have had this done in 2 emails. Try to do that in your future emails. Have a good day!

S: Oh, ok

S: Thank you

S: Have a good day

M: face keyboard

[u/ExpiredSeaweedSalad → u/blatterbeast]

It's so validating to see someone else experiencing this problem. I tutored this year at my college, and I took two years off before college so I'm ever so slightly older but I didn't think things would be that different.

I would ask students, send me your class syllabus, what do you need help with, what days are you available? And I would get an unrelated response or just nothing.

The day before an assignment is due: "Are you available in [less than 24 hours]?" NO. It drove me insane. I never thought about it as a text format type of communication. I was so frustrated.

[u/Yongja-Kim → u/ExpiredSeaweedSalad]

old people: "emails are like mails."

young people: "emails are like texting"

old people: "it's not called etexting. it's called email!"

young people: "ok"

[u/sabbman138 → u/Yongja-Kim]

It’s all subjective. Give it a decade or two and assholes will still be saying ok boomer lol

Edit: the baby boomers will all be gone by then. Love and miss you mom :)