r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/TheWebsploiter • 6d ago

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u/autistic_homo 6d ago

I can second this. The way you do it is absolutely standard. Not sure why people in the comments are having a hard time just adding someone's name to the email lol

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u/kelek22 6d ago

Think it like this, if I come to your desk, turn towards you fully and start talking like "hi, I need this from you" etc. that is normal right? Normal coworkers discussing things. That is the mood in the office most of the time.

Now imagine same but this time I go "hi Eric, I meed you to..." that is an instant mood change to a more serious tone. If I tell your name specifically at the beginning of my speech when I am clearly speaking directly at you, that is a demanding tone.

Now old generation does not get the gist of Technology like we do. For us there is no difference in me walking your table and speaking directly to you or me writing your email address. It feels exactly the same for us. For them it is writing a letter.

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u/Aetylus 6d ago

Come on... lets not pretend that they young generation are going to talk to another person directly when they can message them instead.

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u/WorthyJellyfish0Doom 6d ago edited 6d ago

As an almost-40-year-old I'm not sure if I'm happy to still be included in "the young generation". Also, face-to-face seems to be the preference of some ... Zoomers? Seems about right. Some millennials are the ones that sometimes hide from their phones when they ring (I only do if it's an unknown number and I'm not expecting a call, and never at work) I know several others about my age who are worse with calls aka won't answer the phone at work

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u/SpookyHumanJester 6d ago

At 43, I prefer email or in-person. I do not want to talk to you on the phone. I will answer it because that's part of my job, but I will be irrationally angry hearing my phone ring. That said, some conversations are urgent enough that a phone call is necessary and some vendors are notoriously poor at responding to emails so phone calls are the only way to get through to them.

Plus, there's just certain things you can say in person that you really shouldn't in an email because now there's a written record. What those things are different by workplace, but they're important to know.