Comments on: How Rude http://schwoit.com/2007/02/26/how-rude/ Gardening and Geekdom in the Urban Jungle Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:48:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: ShadowKnight http://schwoit.com/2007/02/26/how-rude/#comment-20 ShadowKnight Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:16:40 +0000 http://schwoit.com/2007/02/26/how-rude/#comment-20 Another classic has come in response to a rejection. The text is: <blockquote>Thank You tells so much about your website. Regards</blockquote> The website in question was: <ol> <li>lazily submitted to an incorrect category</li> <li>failed to function correctly</li> </ol> Hence rejection. The attempt to shame me to reconsider has had no affect, the site remains well and truly in the garbage pile. I am though still :) Another classic has come in response to a rejection. The text is:

Thank You tells so much about your website.

Regards

The website in question was:

  1. lazily submitted to an incorrect category
  2. failed to function correctly

Hence rejection. The attempt to shame me to reconsider has had no affect, the site remains well and truly in the garbage pile.
I am though still :)

]]> By: Lord Watchdog http://schwoit.com/2007/02/26/how-rude/#comment-17 Lord Watchdog Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:39:14 +0000 http://schwoit.com/2007/02/26/how-rude/#comment-17 The above e-mail is clearly unprofessional both in tact, spelling and grammar. As Dan said, it is wise to take the content of e-mail with a grain of salt though at the same time I think people who communicate in English should go to a far better effort. Internet/Text message jargon like "ur" doesn't belong in business correspondence. The sender also has no idea of how to construct a sentence. The message is broken up with a string of commas rather than into two or three seperate sentences as it should have been. The sender appears not to understand the word 'instantly' either - placing it alongside a condition that his site be added within 24 hours. Whether the sender is being rude or not, I actually choose to ignore any e-mail that is poorly written. That isn't to say that I expect others too. It is a mere case that I just don't have the time to interpret the point someone is trying to get across when they communicate in some sort of hybrid language. That said, the quality of e-mail is still a secondary consideration compared to the amount of spam submissions that directories receive, including the two I own. Keep smiling. :-) The above e-mail is clearly unprofessional both in tact, spelling and grammar. As Dan said, it is wise to take the content of e-mail with a grain of salt though at the same time I think people who communicate in English should go to a far better effort.

Internet/Text message jargon like “ur” doesn’t belong in business correspondence. The sender also has no idea of how to construct a sentence. The message is broken up with a string of commas rather than into two or three seperate sentences as it should have been.

The sender appears not to understand the word ‘instantly’ either - placing it alongside a condition that his site be added within 24 hours.

Whether the sender is being rude or not, I actually choose to ignore any e-mail that is poorly written. That isn’t to say that I expect others too. It is a mere case that I just don’t have the time to interpret the point someone is trying to get across when they communicate in some sort of hybrid language.

That said, the quality of e-mail is still a secondary consideration compared to the amount of spam submissions that directories receive, including the two I own.

Keep smiling. :-)

]]> By: Dan http://schwoit.com/2007/02/26/how-rude/#comment-14 Dan Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:18:38 +0000 http://schwoit.com/2007/02/26/how-rude/#comment-14 I think its a new scam running through the directory industry. I think it will struggle to catch on but it doesn't stop people from trying. A lot of the emails being sent these days lack the courtesy that many of us might be familiar with. I believe, more than anything, that this is a problem that has developed because of the international nature of this industry. I think that whilst many submitters & directory owners understand the basic English principles, many do not understand the tone of what they write. So even basic emails look like <i>demands</i> rather than <i>requests</i>. I think we have to develop thicker skins and greater tolerance levels and try not to be offended by what, on the face of it, looks like a rude demand, because it really might just be an honest request from someone who doesn't know how to describe it any better. That's my thoughts. I think its a new scam running through the directory industry. I think it will struggle to catch on but it doesn’t stop people from trying.

A lot of the emails being sent these days lack the courtesy that many of us might be familiar with. I believe, more than anything, that this is a problem that has developed because of the international nature of this industry. I think that whilst many submitters & directory owners understand the basic English principles, many do not understand the tone of what they write. So even basic emails look like demands rather than requests.

I think we have to develop thicker skins and greater tolerance levels and try not to be offended by what, on the face of it, looks like a rude demand, because it really might just be an honest request from someone who doesn’t know how to describe it any better.

That’s my thoughts.

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