I have become one of THOSE people
I use exclamation points in emails.
I use smiley and winky faces - though mercifully, only the kind made of punctuation.
I say "thanks" at least twice.
Why can't everyone just assume that emails are pleasant in tone unless otherwise specified? Why do I have to overcompensate by being extra! shiny! so no one thinks I'm being brusque?
I always do - though sometimes people think that i don't. I even take 'You make me sick!' with a grain of salt. And as regards smileys...well I don't even know how to make them! I'm with you on this one.
Tooty
*chortling*
I had a coworker CHEW. ME. OUT. once for saying "Thanks!" instead of "Goodbye" when I ended phone conversations with him.
Ugh this is the bane of my existence. I can't help but always worry that people don't know how nice/grateful/pleased I am. Why can't we just be normal business people and be comfortable communicating in a polite yet business-like manner?