It was 1985. Mrs. Kaatsburg taught us how to write business letters. First the name and address of the sender, then the recipient, place and date on the right. Very precise. Civilized correspondence was important and you learned it at school. With Dutch. In the late 90s you got e-mail. And from that moment on we were free from God and Mrs. Kaatsburg.
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In the business letters of the past, you started with 'dear'. Whether it was a personnel manager, secretary or supplier. In e-mail, that is not possible. Even when you have every reason to approach the recipient with cautious respect, bangladesh mobile phone number list 'dear' as a salutation is strange. Only bailiffs and lawyers of the opposing party do that. So we all struggle with 'Dear' and first name: 'Dear Mark'. But because that does not sound very polite, you just add the last name: 'Dear Mark Rutte'... Maybe we should reinstate the 'dear'.
an answer should not take long. That is why the out-of-office reply was introduced. With three weeks of safari, you have to temper your expectations regarding answers a bit. However, people keep sending an automatic reply during a free afternoon, a walk or a visit to the toilet: “Out-of-office. Sorry, I'm at the coffee machine, smoking on the sidewalk, had to go really badly.” A kind of immediate spam. Very rude.