Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Did you get my email about hello?, pt. 2
The last strip got me wondering whether the people who write these ultra-informal emails use the same shortcuts at their jobs. That would actually be pretty funny. Well, maybe not to everyone.
In school one of my required courses was technical communication, which included formatting and etiquette for business emails, resumes, cover letters, etc. I thought I'd gained a good amount of practically useful information. When I started working at an office, it quickly became clear that no one else had taken such a class. Disappointment rocked me from all directions.
A couple strips back I mentioned that I do not steal material. However, I do sometimes make homage-references in the titles and side notes that I hope at least some of my readers will recognize and appreciate. I like the idea of unspoken understandings, but to avoid the appearance of my taking credit for them, I'll credit the original sources.
(The side note in panel 2 is a Seinfeld quote.)
