Email etiquette changes everywhere you go. Politeness is key, of course. But at some workplaces, emails have to be answered in a highly specific way, even if the employees think it's ridiculous.
Having instant messaging is such a convenient way to avoid emails. It can be such a slog to search for a specific phrase in a lengthy email chain, minimizing everyone's long link-filled signatures as you go. Instant messaging doesn't require you to start every message with an "I hope this email finds you well." It's just quick and to the point.
For external emails though, like ones between a business and clients, sometimes these things are a necessity. U/Outrageous_Bet7212 writes that as an administrative nurse, they tried to keep their emails brief. But that didn't fly with their boss. This boss didn't like the "tone" of the admin nurse's emails, and had some weird advice to change it up. You can read the full story down below, as well as comments from people who've had a few annoying email situations in their own lives.
Up next, these goofy goobers are some real dummies according to their friends, like one person whose coworker wouldn't drink water, ever, because "water makes you rust."
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