Comments on: Happy Exclamation

By: vikkitikkitavi

vikkitikkitavi — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:02:51 +0000

I finally succumbed to the Thanks! after being told by a coworker that my emails weren’t very “friendly.” I told him that I was going for “businesslike,” but he didn’t think that was very “funny.”

By: kStyle

kStyle — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:34:51 +0000

Ah, you West Coasters! We here in New England can be fast and loose with the Britishisms.

By: Michael Bains

Michael Bains — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:53:20 +0000

You are So Right (er, correct. I'd never dream of accusing you of being "Right". Right, then...) on this one, Larry. My department has an Admin Assist who tends to get overwhelmed, and I've often found myself having to ask her for the same things over and over. Annoying, at best. Mildly disastrous when it comes to getting things done on time; when it comes to setting up new users, especially. At any rate, I've found that the best way to temper the attitudinal tone of an email which I just don't have the time to mellow out and figure out how to send (for the 2nd or third time) in my standard, friendly patois, is to add that happy-go-lucky ! to the inevitable "Thanks" which comes before my sig. Oh, and, I totally dig about the rambling tangentastically in search of the sought after "point" of a post. All too often, eh. L8!

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:07:02 +0000

Larry, Thanks for the positive comment. Much appreciated.

The Black Box is fairly new, a month old maybe… it’s a portal, widget kind of thing. Easy to install, it offers choices which lead to a button that if clicked takes you to another Black Box blogger. It’s easy to add your own choices – I think that’s how others find pathways back to you blog.

As with all things, there are many bland and uninteresting blogs on the other side of the Box – but I’e also found a few gems. And a fair number of them seem to be from Europe.

If interested, go to my blog, the Black Box is on the lower right side, click on it and see where it goes.

By: Larry Jones

Larry Jones — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:48:33 +0000

kStyle – Yes, I’m sure “Cheers” would work for me, if I were British. In any case “Thanks!” seems just so much more obsequious, don’t you think?

By: kStyle

kStyle — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:08:46 +0000

I find that

“Cheers,”

can be an effective substitute when I tire of, “Thanks!”

It’s like, look how chummy we are! We are working together, but it’s more like being at a pub!