How do you sign off a work e-mail?

It's really hard not to sign it "XOXO, K" as I do in personal emails. But I think that would generate misunderstandings!

"nigga i done did it"

"I KNOW DAT U HERD ME BITCH!!11! Hollah at ur boy"

Thanks,

or

D

or

-D

"go fuck yourself, san diego!"

Warm greetings, Sincerely Yours,... Shit like that. Depends on whom I'm emailing. I know "warm greetings" may seem a bit too chummy or whatever, but *shrug* I run a jewellery shop and tend to get emails from women... I don't think they really mind. One just emailed me her entire life. Straaaaange.

Irish people: do you regularly sign things 'all the best'? I've noticed this one.

Begob and to be sure I do that as well, despite ever having been to the Glorious Emerald Isle only the once. Is that so? Yes.

Hahahaha. You and a ton of Irish people then, but it is a nicer kind of signoff. I worked for a woman who had a complex signoff system code in place so that if she went apeshit at someone their 'best wishes' headed south to 'yours sincerely'.

ja nath 'warm greetings' sounds a lot like 'best regards' which i am often tempted to use but seems a little to familiar. i usually go with 'sincerely yours'. i like best regards though because then in replies you can be superdouchey and say things like 'best'.

Suzy: Yes. Only for people I know though and definitely not to non-native english speakers! "All the best? All the best what?"

I just put "Regards".

Tehresa, here I find the removal of the 'best' from 'regards' to be a better enabler of douchiness.

No offense, CP - people who stick with 'regards' whatever the person are neutral in a good way.

Oh dear.

-- thanks

Email can fly back and forth so much, fuck a sign-off.

Unless it's "your obedient servant."

hahaha I worry about erring on the side of obsequious in correspondence w/editors but I haven't sunk to "your obedient servant" not yet anyway.

"Je vous prie d'agreer, monsieur, l'expression de mes sentiments les plus distingues"

Is that right? It's been 15 years since I gave up French.

but when I finish this current piece I may just submit w/this:

"nigga i done did it"

yes personal emails I don't really sign off unless it's to my boy or family then it's just "xo"

At work, it's just "-S"

I tend to go with 'many thanks' although I'll only hand my email out to customers under extreme duress and try to direct them to the general enquiries address for my government agency.

I alternate between these three most of the time. ranked in order from neutrality to some small degree of familiarity

thanks
best
regards

I don't do "all the best" cause Pres GHW Bush used to sign off that way cf. his published letters titled All The Best, Geogre Bush. bleech.

- "Thanks" if it's a coworker
- "Very truly yours" if it's a new outside contact
- "Best regards" if it's an established an outside contact

"very truly yours"??? I'd find that completely OTT and sad!

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Thanks,

Deliciously,

I don't sign off e-mail other than the 'signature' which contains my name and alternate means of contacting me. It's both a casual and expedient form of communication and I try to send my correspondents as little superfluous text as I wish to receive.

Do you really work at a meat market, PP?

Irish people: do you regularly sign things 'all the best'?

no, we say "expecting an early revert".

Is it only in Ireland that tards have started using "revert" to mean "reply"?

If an email needs a signature, it's the very Californian, let's-cooperate-to-make-a-billion, "thanks".

I should start using "KTHXBYE", though.

"Thanks" is my usual. More casual, my first initial. One of the girls down the hall, sometimes a smiley face.

I’ve noticed a tendency for people to use “Thanks” as part of their sig line. Which can be really irritating in that, “We deleted all archived files without notifying you. Thanks, Dan IT Admin” way.

Adam

Best,

("I am the" is implied.)

great question. yeah, Best really should have been an option. i think there was a NYTimes article or something recently about how Is It Rude or Is IT Just Efficient? I definitely think the latter -just so easy.

"Thanks" irritates me. it could be a simple statement and someone will sign Thanks. Don't thank me unless I did something for you, thanks.

If you have any questions or comments don't hesitate to contact me.

Will

Also, I use thanks sometimes, but it's mostly when I am like "can you do this thing that needs doing" to a lackie of some sort so i think it's fair.

right well that is fair.

well yeah the NAME ALONE thing is great - actually that's what i do for internal emails. First initial or my full name.

But with customers, Best works well.

The "revert" thing has been appearing in emails from Chinese factory people. "When we have tested the new tooling, we will revert to you".

Bitch Please,

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Analyst
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Phone Numbers

usually cheers or if im asking for something thanks

lol REVERT? very bizarre

i rly think if i read revert i would not be able to help cracking up

I write "Best Wishes" and it makes me cringe every time. But I was told that Yours Sincerely/Faithfully was inappropriate for email and anything else seems too pally.

i just feel like WISHING anything in a work email is like a little personal. i mean all i WISH is that we can get our work done with as little hassle as possible...

i use thanks when i am sending 'bitch don't u fuck this up again, listen to what i'm saying' e-mails. totally sarcastic/fuck you "thanks".

lol right. that's when the Thanks is appropriate

I am guilty of using "thanks" for everything. It could be an implied thanks for putting up with me, thanks in advance for not e-mailing me again, etc.

I say "thanks ('gracias,' for our friends south of the border),"

Is it only in Ireland that tards have started using "revert" to mean "reply"?

no

I use thanks because I feel like to just start up saying "regards" would seem robotic and weird. I've been saying "thanks" all this time because I couldn't think of anything better, except the occasional —D or D, but this is reserved for people I email all the time. It would be stupid to say thanks to them 500x per week.

Like, when you go shopping the cashier might be a total prick and the exchange is an angry one, but when the change hits my hand, both parties usually say "thanks" without meaning it in the least.

"thanks"
"sounds good"
"makes sense to me"
"kortifw"
"hip to be square"
"always be closing"
"gotta make money, gotta get paid"
"go fuck yourself"

"in him"

*devil horns*

"INRI"

Why don't we all create new obnoxious signature sign offs as if we all have our own talk shows?

"And that's the way it is here in (place you work) at (time)(pm or am) on this (day), (month) (year). As always, thanks for your attention, your consideration, your patience and your candor. Until next time, enjoy the time between then and now. Be happy, be safe and be kind to others, if you wouldn't mind. And, have a good day, won't you? THANKS."

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i live in london now so it's "cheers," or "my best," every single time. no exceptions. "cheers" seems wrong if there's no element of thanks involved though.

i think "regards" sounds too distant.

"Stop snitchin'
Phil D.
words words words"

No, for internal stuff usually no sig or "Thanks." For external, "Best regards" or "Thank you" as the situation merits.

Nearly all my UK colleagues use "Cheers."

yeah cheers is pretty great

THANKS

or

ALL BEST

I hate writing & reading work emails.

Darling fascist Bully boy, give me some more money, you bastard. May the seed of your loin be fruitful in the belly of your woman, Neil.

"You're still the one"

"Peace be upon you"

"An American Jew,"

"Life is Die"

zero bat fart

Usually "Thanks" but I use "Regards" and "Best Wishes" a lot too.

'With a feigned indifference that serves to cloak the fiery loathing your mere existence inspires"

Do you really work at a meat market, PP?

Only when I'm doing my volunteer work.

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you forgot Thanks

you forgot the first initial of your name for those who are too busy to write

youn,

Please read the thread.

Other (pls specify),
Curtis

you forgot Best for those who are too busy to write but have good intentions

Sorry I read other but it didn't compute. I mean I felt that it would be important to specify this particular other. Sorry :(

"Fuck washing a hat,

"Rickey"

sincerely yours

boomshanka

"Cheers" for people I know in person (Tracer, "cheers" seems fine to me if there is no element of thanks involved, it's like "cheerio" as well so generally can convey just a "right, that's it, I'm off now" sort of sentiment. I think. Maybe that's just a Scottish thing though?)

"Kind regards" for people I've spoken to on the phone before/am sucking up to/am not really pally enough with to use "cheers" but don't want to be ridiculously formal to

"Regards" for proper bigwiggy people I don't want to seem overly friendly towards