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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In bureaucratic situations, you’re expected to have a bunch of polite boilerplate. Or at least that’s how my dad keeps telling me to write emails.

[–] Serinus 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which it seems you're missing the point of.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Serinus 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's a purpose in showing that you put a little bit of thought into the email, not only for courtesy, but also because spending that attention can help you spot errors.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Then why not just spend more time reading what I wrote out loud instead of spending that time solely on padding?