How do you sign off your work emails?

[Beverley]

BEST

All hail me and queen @Logic?

 

[Kate]

Thanks, usually with a comma but occasionally a ! if they've been particularly helpful or I am asking something particularly annoying.

Just last week some friends were chatting about this and saying that it's considered PASS-AG! I was like wtf! Well I'm not going to change now. KIND REGARDS has always seemed way too formal.

 

[lolly]

And I often laugh to myself at how "Thanks" makes absolutely NO SENSE but I use it anyway.

I usually use 'thanks' as well, even when I'm helping/answering someone else. My fingers won't type anything else though.

 

[Marina Salty]

Who here uses the FURTHER TO MY PREVIOUS EMAIL line?

I quite like it combined with the passive agressive sign off KIND REGARDS.

Oh I use a lot for that depending on the mood, from innocent zero fucks given "Kind reminder" to evil "Also once again, as per my previous request please...".

 

[lolly]

The consultant psychiatrist I regularly communicate with always ends his emails to me with 'bw', which I've long assumed to mean 'best wishes', but could mean something else I guess.

I think it's a shit way to sign off, regardless.

 

[big ron]

Thanks most of the time, a Regards if it's specifically formal.

People who sign off Best, or worse, BR, are subhuman scum and should be euthanised.

 

[Logic?]

Signing off Best makes people leave you alone though. Especially when people are emailing unnecessarily.

Kind Regards is insincere to the point of nausea.

 

[Kate]

All the emails I have received so far today:

Thanks
Thanks,
Regards
Thanks and regards!
Kind regards

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Thanks and regards!

This one should be fired immediately

 

[Suomi]

Love you so much and just love receiving messages from you so don’t ever stop xxx

 

[big ron]

Signing off Best makes people leave you alone though. Especially when people are emailing unnecessarily.

Kind Regards is insincere to the point of nausea.

Best what though? IT DOESNT MAKE FUCKING SENSE.

 

[funky]

Always “Cheers”

it amused the Americans for a LONG time

 

[big ron]

Going to start using Best in my day to day interactions and see how long it takes me to get sectioned

 

[Iguana]

If it's internal, then "Thanks"; if it's external, then "Best".

 

[Iguana]

I don't understand why @VoR signs off as J, what has a J to do with "VoR"?

 

[big ron]

BEST WHAT?

 

[Iguana]

BEST WHAT?

Best friends

 

[Logic?]

This reaction is the reason Best is wonderful!

Best @bigron

 

[funky]

I don't understand why @VoR signs off as J, what has a J to do with "VoR"?

Don’t you also use a fake name at work?

its very important we protect our true identities and keep moopy safe.

 

[Iguana]

Does anyone care how other people sign off? I'm not sure my eye even scans the "Kindest regards" line!

 

[octophone]

I don't understand why @VoR signs off as J, what has a J to do with "VoR"?

VoR transitioned. She's now called Joyce Of Reason.

 

[octophone]

BEST WHAT?

It's usually short for either "best wishes" or "you'd best not e-mail me again".

 

[Penelope]

 

[big ron]

Best friends

Ok I like it now xo

 

[big ron]

It's usually short for either "best wishes" or "you'd best not e-mail me again".

Might start shortening thanks to Tha,

 

[Kate]

This one should be fired immediately

aww she's a very sweet woman in the Bangalore office

 

[Iguana]

This is fun, the emails I've received today:

Kind regards x7
Best x2
[no sign off] x2
Thanks x2
Regards
Many thanks
Well done everyone
N

A clear winner

 

[jivafox]

Cheers
Many thanks
NOTHING (!)
Kind regards
Sent from my iPhone

 

[AGinAg (37)]

One of the genuinely lovely admin staff at my teacher training group, starts every email with "a kindly email to..."

It's so odd!

 

[Iguana]

Well done everyone

Considering adopting this as a sign-off to every email.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

In fact they just right now sent me an email starting "a kindly email" and ending with "With many thanks and kind regards".

I STAN!

 

[Soldi]

So far today I’ve had;

2x kind regards
1x cheers
1x best regards

 

[Indie]

You lot get no e-mails at all.

5 x nothing but name
7 x thanks
3 x kind regards
2 x many thanks
1 x all the best and thanks
11 x regards
1 x Rgs
1 x cheers

My least favourite is one of my colleagues who says "thanks in advance". Go shit yourself.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

I've actually been dabbling in ALL THE BEST of late.

 

[Iguana]

My favourite is:

Blessings, etc.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

My favourite is:

Blessings, etc.

I think we should do a Blessing, etc. Challenge and send at least one email this week with it

 

[Cerro de Casa]

Depends.


Best wishes = I'm happy with you.

Kind regards = I'm okay with what you've said.

Regards = you've really pissed me off.

 

[Ellie]

So far today:

x8 Kind Regards
x2 No sign off
x3 Thanks
x2 Many Thanks
x2 Known informal nickname
Full name as default signature
Regards
Cheers

 

[Cerro de Casa]

And more importantly, God help you if I ever email you with the opening salvo of 'It has come to my attention that..'

 

[Jacques]

'Kind regards' is my basic go-to that I use 95% of the time, with the odd 'Many thanks' if I'm asking for something to be corrected and IT BETTER BE DONE RIGHT THIS TIME BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY THANKED YOU