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E mail habits with each generation

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Jodie Foster recently made headlines for talking about what frustrates her most about working with younger people, revealing that one of them is Gen Z’s really relaxed email style. “In emails, I’ll tell them this is all grammatically incorrect, did you not check your spelling?” the actress told The Guardian. “And they’re like, ‘Why would I do that, isn’t that kind of limiting?”

Her comments got people talking about the generation-specific email habits that annoy others the most, like these.

  • So … many … ellipses - Older generations like to use those three little dots at the end of a sentence, not realizing that it totally changes the tone. According to sketch comedian Jordan Davis, “An ‘OK’ means ‘OK/agreeable,’ while ‘OK … ‘ reads like ‘umm … sure, I guess, idiot.’”
  • Too much punctuation - A common complaint about boomers is that they use too many question marks or exclamation points when they want to emphasize something, but it just comes across as angry.
  • Not following up - This is a habit younger generations tend to have, where they just send an email but never follow up to make sure it was received or understood.
  • Overly long emails - Millennials are getting called out for sending long-winded replies instead of just getting to the point fast.
  • Writing an email with caps lock on - No matter how old you are, you should know that sending an email in all caps comes across as angry.
  • Not spell checking - We all make mistakes, but it seems Gen Z isn’t concerned about their errors. The younger people are, the less they proofread what they’re sending.
  • Replying all when it’s not necessary - This is commonly done by boomers and it needs to stop.
  • Excessive use of slang - Younger generations tend to use slang or abbreviations like they’re texting a friend, which makes their older recipient have to Google what they mean.
  • Calling immediately after sending an email - Following up is good, but Boomers need to wait more than two minutes after hitting send to do it.
  • Not sending emails at all - Some Gen Zers aren’t into sending emails, claiming “email is over.” Instead, they prefer FaceTime and texting, but their older counterparts don’t.

Source: Huff Post


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