alt texttweet by @Grace_Segers: “Me, writing an email: I’m using an exclamation point so you know I’m friendly and excited! But now I’m using a period so that you know I’m not crazy. Here’s another sentence with a period as a buffer, proving my normalness. Thanks so much!”
I tend to use lots of emojis so folks know how I feel (that I'm not in a bad mood) because misunderstandings have happened before.
Sometimes I however also use an exclamation mark as saying something happily, without emojis. I know this can mean the contrary to that what I intend to say to some message receivers.
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Make sure you explain calmly to folks what you think/feel if they question or even attack against something you let out! Misunderstandings are stupid, they can be avoided and fixed, and people's days can be not-ruined ❤
I as well tend to use them in a bit more professional situations as well.
I want to show off as a relaxed person who doesn't take even work that seriously!
on my résumé I substitute the bullet points with emojis to ensure I stand out from other applicants, and so the hiring managers know what a pleasant fun person I am.
Oh my God the drugs kick in and I’m overwhelmed by bullshit! I’m diarrheaing it all into my keyboard and mention non benefits and try to sell on site working as hybrid! Here’s a joke so lame your toenails will curl up while reading! Oh God, now the drugs wear off and I need more!!!
I used to have to respond to all the reviews people posed on the website where I worked and I was encouraged to use more exclamation points. I hated it.
In one short comment you’ve made me go from vaguely appreciating a friendly, prompt and punctuated reply to a review, to making every exclamation punched message smell like sweet sticky corporate sarcasm.
And here’s a vaguely annoyed sentence but I won’t put a full stop at the end of it so that it seems like it’s just an offhand comment and not a dig at you
If I put a full stop at the end it seems a bit too blunt.
You think punctuation comes across as critical/blunt, so you just… don’t end sentences? I guess it doesn’t matter much for texts or social media or wherever, but that reasoning is just… wild.
And here I am reading it and just thinking “it’s hard to take this buffoon seriously, he doesn’t even take the time to ensure proper punctuation before sending emails.”
When you neglect to ensure clarity of your emails using proper spelling, grammar and punctuation, you steal time and energy from all the receivers who have to spend extra effort trying to understand what you’re saying. I find poor language to be arrogant and disrespectful.
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