Work & study habits
What's the most annoying way to end a work message?
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The options
- Per my last message
- Just a gentle nudge
- Thoughts
- By end of day please
- Let's circle back
Why this one divides people
Office language has evolved a set of polite phrases that everyone understands as mild aggression. Pointing back to a previous message is the classic, a sentence that means you did not read me and I have proof. The soft reminder runs a close second, because the gentleness is doing enormous work. A one-word request for opinions can land as either casual or ominous, depending entirely on who sent it. Deadlines dropped in at the end have their own defenders and victims. The winner probably depends on which phrase last appeared in your inbox before lunch.
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