Email sign-off that make the sender sound like a cunt

Regards.

Thanks in advance

Best.

R1 I disagree. I think regards is a perfectly neutral professional sign off

😄😄😆😆🤣I've never seen that signature, OP..

Sounds like something DL's favorite autistic kid would say.

Pronouns: He/His

Why does this matter? Click here!

Cheers, cunt!

Regards = the worst (sounds like something an uptight bitchy woman would use). Thanks very much = the best (professional with a slight personal touch).

Have an adequate day

Thanks in advance for you cooperation.

Kindly do the needful

"Thanks very much" sounds childish.

Thanks very much, mommy!

E12, thanks very much for your facetious remark. Regards!

My name is in my auto email signature. That's enough. I'm not writing a letter. It's an email.

"Jeff, you have __ work to do. Have it to me by noon."

That's my typical email at work. I don't need to have a greeting every time. I'm not thankful for something you're getting paid to do, and I don't really care if you have a great day!

My dad tends to use ‘all the best’, and he’s an old deadbeat dickhead, so.

R8 you must be at a low level professionally if you think "thanks very much" is an appropriate email sign off. It sounds like something Ginny in billing would write.

Fuck you in advance,

R16, I'm a dean at a major R1 research university in the NE. Thanks very much!

I work with someone who begins her emails with “hope all is well’ and ends with “Regards’. Unless she’s pissed and then she starts with “First of all”.

@r1, I had an asshole boss who would sign his memos "Regards" to let you know you were in deep shit

You NEVER wanted to get a "Regards" memo 😳

K thx bye

R18 You somehow have very low self esteem.

I've always used "kindest regards" even in informal writing.

I have always found (and have never been wrong thus far) that anyone who signs their emails "Warmly" is a massive, double-crossing cunt who cannot be trusted. Facts.

Be Best

I agree r24

I don't know about sign-offs but "per my last email" makes me want to punch people. If your last email had adequately addressed what I was asking, I WOULDN'T BE ASKING AGAIN. BITCH.

"Please advise" is the one that really makes me want to punch the person in the face. Such passive-aggressive bullshit.

"Please govern yourself accordingly."

R24 Agreed. Or “Warm Regards” = Total Bitchcunt

You know what being a cunt is, R5? Making fun of autistic kids. You sound like Trump.

R31 There’s nothing more fun than making fun of spackers, you flid!

If you want fun, why don't you try getting laid, R32? Oh, that's right--no one wants to fuck you.

Regards is cold.

R33 Thanks much.

Do tell, then, what's the sign-off that doesn't make one sound like a cunt. This is addressed to all the cunts on this thread.

My lawyers will be contacting your people immediately!

PS, your term of employment for this Great Company ends immediately. Please log off and fuck off n that order.

I use Best Regards...or Best....or Regards. Sincerely is used too, an old standard.

The cunts on this thread wouldhave us believe that any sign-off suggests the signer is a cunt.

No, girls, it's you.

Toodles

OP is certainly getting all of the cuntly advice he was seeking. Bravo Datalounge!

Toodle pip.

“Fuck off and die” is another good standby.

See you Next Tuesday...buh bye...

I have a 40 year old colleague, who is the manager of her department of 12 people, sign off emails with "Make good choices today!"

The woman is about 5'2" and weighs about 400 pounds. She's advising people to 'make good choices today' ? Really ? She tells this to people who she has professional, in-person conversations with, too. The person she's talking to usually walks away and grimaces. God knows what they're thinking - maybe responding with "Make the good choice to join Weight Watchers" !

Another colleague who is a manager of my department ends every email with "Thanks!" Most of it is totally inappropriate.

For example:

"I will be taking a vacation day tomorrow. Thanks!"

Why is she thanking us ? We didn't okay her vacation day. Is she thanking us for reading her email ? Unnecessary - that's part of our job responsibilty.

"Thanking you in advance" is very funny to me.

Such polite aggression.

That's like cornering you into doing something...before asking R47. It makes it harder for the other person to say no...or back out. Don't thank me for something before asking me.

A lot of hypersensitive people here.

Depending on the context, "Thank you very much," "Thanks much," "Thanks," "Sincerely," and" Regards" are all fine. I sometimes use "Talk to you soon" with people I know well and with whom I'll definitely be in contact.

Why the fuck do people sign their work email? You're not writing letters to a pen pal.

R50 seems to think it's fine to not sign off at all. She probably also doesn't wipe her ass.

R47

It's fine. I usually only use it when someone has an obligation to respond to my request.

R50

It's called courtesy. It costs nothing.

There's a difference between inter-office emails and emails that are going out to another company or person. Either way, you should be polite. But if you're emailing someone outside your office, that should be more formal and professional.

I work in the legal field and also get emails from people in real estate & related (e.g., escrow) businesses.

From the legal field, what I think is stupid, are the super-long disclaimers and warnings below the signature. "This email is attorney-client privileged and only intended for the addressee. If you have received this email in error, please destroy [blah blah blah]." Along with a huge law firm letterhead (but at the bottom).

Real estate people tend to put a bunch of shit at the bottom of their emails as well, including photos of their faces. I guess it's helpful in that industry, but I think it's excessive.

Do any of these commenters realize that signing off at all in emails is unnecessary and an attempt at being considerate? Would you rather see no signoffs? Is that less rude or annoying? You might give people credit for trying to be polite or nice. SMH

Gen Zers think it is aggressive to end any remark with a period.

R56 Every person here knows email signatures are unnecessary.

Better than you,

I remain,

Sincerely yours,

(my name)

Don’t they teach standard business communication anymore? There is neither a salutation nor a sign off in an email.

In the legal field, yes, you do use a sign-off and signature.

For work, I sign every email with "Regards."

I also always write out my first and last name.

I guess that makes me a cunt. But honestly, I hardly needed a DL thread to tell me this.

Have a blessed day

R58, you're so right. Also unnecessary: ugly people and the elderly.

[quote][R56] Every person here knows email signatures are unnecessary.

"Unnecessary" - as in not mandated or officially required. True.

However, not signing is considered rude by many people. A valediction is considered as much a part of a polite communication as a proper salutation.

Only a slob would send an email or a letter by just blathering their thoughts without any kind of salutation or sign-off. A typical DL cunt attitude to take.

Also, when did “Dear both” or something like that become a thing for a reply with two recipients?

I generally sign off emails with either “Cheers” or “Thanks” or “Thank you”. I work in a large bank that operates in many countries and I think these are appropriate. The one that makes me cringe is “no reply is required”. It says to me that the person has made their opinion known and really is not interested in any discussion.

R56 When you have clients, you sign off on emails.

Meaning when you're a professional with standards.

R55

I don't know how you can work in the legal field and not understand the purpose of that disclaimer. It provides notice that a document is intended only for the addressee and if it is received by mistake the recipient must return or destroy it and act as if the material had not been sent. If a privileged or confidential document is sent inadvertently, the lawyer can alert the party that received it in error. If s/he does not, a claim can be made that the attorney-client privilege and/or other privileges and protections have been waived in regard to those documents. This is important in litigation when parties are exchanging thousands of documents and something is sent by accident to opposing counsel. If the attorney contacts the other lawyer and says the document was sent by mistake, the privilege is intact and it cannot be used by the other side. Protecting sensitive material belonging to the client that is not relevant to the case is job one.

Not too long this came up in a case that received a lot of press. I can't remember the case, but the lawyer sent the entire contents of his client's cell phone, not just the relevant emails. Instead of stating that he'd made a mistake, he did nothing and the other side was able to use all the records. The lawyer said in court, repeatedly, that he was free to use them because the other side did not state that they were sent in error and request their return. It was such a blatant error that many people reading about it thought the lawyer that sent the records might deliberately be trying to destroy his client's case. But it also seemed like a clear case of malpractice.

I ALWAYS use Thanks much....I guess I'm kind of a cunt tho.

Love and light

^^ it’s not cunty at all. It sounds like a common valediction from a former HS cheerleader from Iowa City…in 1994.

And I bet you make a mean Dorito casserole. You do you.

R72. R74 is for you.

Thanks much!

R69

When you have clients you sign off on emails. But any responsible business's internal communications indicate who sent an email and who received it and some kind of sign-off. It's professional and in litigation, everything comes to light. When a company is sued a lot of people who have no immediate stake in the lawsuit follow the case because they want to see how the firm conducts its business. They hope that information that normally would not be made public is released. At the beginning of a major civil case, the two sides usually draft an agreement on how they will protect each other's documents. The court approves it.

R71, you're speaking about the lawyer for the cunt Alex Jones. Hahahaha!

Yours in haste!

Thanks muchly!

"Gentle reminder"

"Kindly do the needy"

"Stay blessed"

Sign-offs are ridiculous. It would be like saying goodbye at the end of a telephone conversation.

This is a tough one. Most of the time, the purpose of an email is to request information and/or confirm information. You want to maintain a friendly, but professional tone. If you're requesting someone act (send a document, attend a meeting, etc), it seems appropriate to thank them for whatever you're asking them to do. But I know what you mean: I used to work with a guy that had a standard "thank you for all you do" tag line. It made me think "what makes you think I'll fucking do ANYTHING!", but I think that had more to do with my knowledge of the guy than what his email said.

“Thank you for being a friend”

I like “Best,” and my name. It feels like an email-were the shortening of what you might put in something more expensive like a written correspondence.

It's been mentioned before but I don't like "Thanks in advance" because it's making an assumption that they'll get whatever they're asking for.

I find it's paired with an unreasonable request as well.

Yours in Christ.

“Best”

Worst,

"This is a tough one."

No, R82, it really isn't.

R77

That's who it was. Thanks.

R84

"Best" is common. Occasionally, it seems passive-aggressive to me. But it's all a matter of context.

I rather like "best" though it can seem brisk at times.

You Can’t Die Too Soon Bitch

[quote]

IMO Thanks in advance is used to avoid sending another e-mail when you receive the response that whatever you asked is done. There's nothing aggressive here unless I'm missing something.

[Quote] Best" is common

Common as in oft-used or as in [italic] common [/italic], r91?

"Occasionally, it seems passive-aggressive to me."

Wow, R91. You must really be easily triggered if the word "Best" has that reaction in you.

I cant believe what a bunch of fucking Marys you all are, banging on about salutations and sign-offs. You all need to be viciously bitch-slapped.

“I hope this helps.” That’s my way of saying “There’s your explanation. Goodbye.”

If "Best" is so common, how come you never hear anyone say "Best?"

EVER?

No one says it aloud, just like no one says “very truly yours” aloud. In email sign-offs, best is very common.

"Thanks in advance,"

THX

THIS IS THE UL:TIMATE FUCK YOU AND I HATE YOU.

^Nah...

"You'll be hearing from my lawyers"

says it better

Enjoy!

From Russia with Love!

Not signing off at all.

[quote]"Yours in Christ"

Is the most obnoxious was to sign a business email. Or, indeed, any email.

Kisses, doll!!

Please under no circumstances tell my sister the contents of this note

DO THIS NOW PLEASE!!!

"Thank you for allowing me to state my boundaries, specify my pronouns, and share my truth,"

[quote] If "Best" is so common, how come you never hear anyone say "Best?"

Because writing is different than speaking? Do you sign yours, "Idiotically yours," r99?

I don't understand responses that complain this is an unimportant thing to discuss. Why are you here in this post and why are you on DL? It's the stated purpose of DL.

I don't like "best" because, as stated above, I never say it. Similarly, "cheers." Formal sign offs seem inappropriate in email, regardless of the organization, although I suppose if this is standard business communication now, I'm wrong.

I strive to have none unless it's a formal request to a non colleague. Runner up goes to "thanks/thank you" as I actually say that frequently when communicating with coworkers.

I'd prefer nothing if I could get away from it.

OP you either have too much time on your hands or need to get out more and meet some real ones.

A closing salutation of the likes of "Looking for your response by noon" really warms the cockles of the receiver's heart.

I find it cunty when someone signs with their initials, as if they can't be bothered to type out their full name because they're too important

My least favorite are:

Thank you for your attention.

Warmly.

Please advise.

Ta ta for now!

Have a blessed day

R117 really, “warmly” “please advise”?

You are a fragile soul.

Warmly is just ridiculous.

Peace out

Now move it along, toots,

"You Can't Dance Fast Enough for Me"

I use "Please Advise" when I have a problem and looking for a solution. I don't see a problem with it.

What's wrong with it?

Please Advise 😉

'Best wishes' has become my catch all. It can be considered sweet and blithering just by a punctuation change. 'Best wishes!' is enthusiastic. 'Best wishes,' means go fuck yourself in the ear with a dead chicken..

Has anyone ever had occasion to actually type “Your immediate attention to this matter is appreciated”?

I use it in texts to friends sometimes.

[quote]R123 "You Can't Dance Fast Enough for Me"

Haha. As a somewhat interchangeable office drone, I’d close all mine with

[italic]Dancing as Fast as I Can,

Phyllis

Please advise = I don’t know how to make a decision so please help me

Just as an office antidote, as a legal secretary I used to keep this one HUGE, brightly bound book on my desk, [italic]How to Sue Your Boss and Win.[/italic]

When my cheery boss’ son started working there, he made me remove it.

We all hated him.

@r128, I can make a decision fine as long as you provide me with the facts I need. Can I count on you to do that?

Please Advise

R128:

What is stuck up your ass?

Please advise

^ You said it better than me 👍

- r130

[quote] Has anyone ever had occasion to actually type “Your immediate attention to this matter is appreciated”? I use it in texts to friends sometimes.

No, I've never typed "your immediate attention to this matter is appreciated." Especially not to a friend. For things that I consider an emergency, I'll call or ask them to call me.

[quote] Just as an office antidote, as a legal secretary I used to keep this one HUGE, brightly bound book on my desk, How to Sue Your Boss and Win.

It's an "anecdote," not an "antidote."

[quote]r133 Especially not to a friend.

I use it facetiously… as in, “What time are we getting together today, again? Your immediate attention to this matter is appreciated. XO”

I have to amuse myself somehow.

"Blow you face out and have F-U-N !"

(my name)

[quote]r134 It's an "anecdote," not an "antidote."

Thank you. I originally spelled it “anticdote” (worse?)

[bold]: (

Warm Regards = makes me feel like I've just been pissed on. And I'm not into that!!!

Best is short for Best regards, or Best wishes. It implies a level of intimacy with the recipient that most have not earned and is therefore inappropriate.

An email is a memo—you already have your Date, To, Copy, From, and Subject. Your email should have a default signature line that includes your contact info, company name and logo, website. Nothing else needs to go before that after the body of your message.

If you are emailing a formal letter, it should be sent as an attachment. The letter would include a proper salutation and closing, such as Sincerely, followed by your name and a signature.

Cordially

Is r139 posting from 1997?

[quote] An email is a memo—you already have your Date, To, Copy, From, and Subject.

Inter-office emails do seem to take the place of the old, half-sheet "INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM."

IMO, the trend is away from that format. Especially on an email going to someone outside of your office, there should be a salutation. Depends on the profession, I guess, though.

Smell ya later

Ciao, baby.

R138 your unsophisticated mind at work

"Courage"

Fresh Out of Fucks

I am a proud quiet quitter, Sophia

If it's an email to several people, "Hoping some of you have a good day,"

I Want You Inside Me Deeply

Sincerely,

Cunt

R150 right in to the Top 5

I know it's irrational, but I will always hate "best"

R153 irrational is l'esprit de DL. Bienvenue!

God bleth!

Over and out!

You are in violation of the restraining order and I'm forwarding your messages to my attorney,

At my old job, my supervisor was a stupid woman who was fucking the boss. She told me I needed to rewrite a report (internal use document) and I was pissed. So, I rewrote it and, at the end, wrote:

The End.

R158 Fascinating. I hope you tell that story at parties.

Now, now, R159.

You know we're all waiting for "Part II: Your Resignation Has Been Accepted."

[quote]Email sign-off that make the sender sound like a cunt

You mean like "Blubba Blubba Blubba Blubba," OP?

I've got it covered.

Bye Cunt

"Coldly,"

^ 😂

Frigid Disregard

I used to have a teacher who signed all personal letters "As always," which I thought was so cold.

Sorry to end so fast…. Gotta shit

Worst

Warning you again,

I worked with someone who signed off emails where they provided an answer to something with ‘HTH’ and I thought it meant ‘Happy To Help’. I thought they were a massive assuming cunt for months till I realised it meant ‘Hope That Helps’. Still a cunt for using an acronym but not quite as bad. It had gone on so long I couldn’t ever not see them that way again though.

"Best" I see often from personal acquaintances with whom I have a relationship of some time or establishment. "John, I thought you might like to see this article on the new design for the art museum. Best, Mark.". It doesn't really fit in my mind in business emails where I would always use "Thanks" or "Thank you."

"Best" is unambitious in academia r170

Boo-yah! works.

*ubiquitous

Sincerely.

When I was a teenager I signed letters "With Sincerity" because I thought it sounded elegant

Sincerely,

Marlo Thomas

"Appreciatively," = er, ah, let me show you how much ...

"Onward," = yeah it's the shits but whatta ya gonna do?

"Yr Humble Serv't" is probably inadvisable.

Your Fired!

R6 I’m so curious: as a gay man, could I get away with making fun of the pronoun thing? Or am I privileged because I’m “cis?”

V/R I had to google it - Very Respectfully . It was from a co-worker that is in the National Guard, It's a military thing.

You and You and You, You're going to love me

Loving You, Loving True,

(my name here)

Yours Respectfully,

Yours ‘til the Cat Meows!

Yours in Christ,

Sincerely,

Pat (he/she/it/that)

Are you quoting yourself upthread, R185, because that was already posted?

Boy, is thread tedious.

Woke regards…

[quote]R187 Are you quoting yourself upthread, [R185], because that was already posted?

I didn’t see it.

“Washed in the Blood of the Lamb,” shows more energy, anyway. I’ll pick that!

R170

I've received lots of business emails that ended with "Best." It's not the way I'd end an email to a friend.

R169

It's dated now, but "HTH" was a standard way of ending posts on the web. I also saw it in emails. It probably didn't occur to the writer that you didn't know what it meant. I myself tend to write out words instead of using abbreviations.

Please advise,

R165

You thought "As Always" was cold? That's friendly, even perhaps a little too friendly. One thing I've learned from this thread is not to worry too much about what other people think in regard to email form.

R95

"Common" as in frequently used. I'm not some pseudo Brit snob who would use that word as a put-down.

R96

I wasn't "triggered." And if you don't know why I sometimes think "Best" is passive-aggressive, you've obviously never received a no-information, no-help email or letter that ended with it.

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE

If you receive an attorney/client privilege email DO NOT forward it or reply with a person added. Do not cede your privilege.

For some reason DIAGF is frowned upon in professional settings.

So long, fucker

Harried and Hopeless

Hairy and Hopeful

- Cock hound

You all sound like a bunch of picky counts.

Fuck off!

Hope you’re not the unfortunate victim of a homicide

@r201, "You all sound like a bunch of picky counts. "

Can I be Count Chocula? He's my favorite 🤗

My apartment management posted a notice on my neighbor's door. I glanced at it long enough to see it was signed "Best, The Management."

Ridiculous!!

The principal of one of the Catholic grade schools I went to always signed every bit of school correspondence with

"Yours in Christ."

Get her out of there, Jesus!

Be best,

If anyone should ask what "pointless bitchery" means in a DL context, they can be directed to this thread.

Such a fuss over things that are meant to be friendly or are just a harmless habit.

Also, corporate cultures vary. If the culture in your office is for curt emails with no salutation or closing, then don't use them. If the culture is warm and fuzzy, then you should use them or people will think you're a cold cunt with a rod up your ass (not the fun kind).

Thanks. Have a good day!

Regretfully

Elections have consequences

Do better,

Thanks for the kidney

Your ex wife

…And I Mean It!

And make it snappy!

Not a sign off, but I hate people who write OOO for out of office. Its not a text message you miserable douche.

See You Next Thursday

Signed, The Management

Regretfully Yours

How about OoO R215

y'all, i'm in america and i use grazie as my sign off 4 my email

is it bad?

[quote] Fuck off and die” is another good standby.

That’s my go to line. I work for a cunty financial services firm that couldn’t give two shits about its employees. It’s both direct and clearly conveys my sentiments.

Regretfully,

For reasons they knew

BE BEST!

Our HR dork signs "Best, " but there's never any name below it.

Dictated but not read.

Sister in Christ,

Deb

Take care you fat whore….

You sicken me,

Thanks muchly,

At Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School, students were taught never to say "Thanks in advance." You don't know if the person will agree to do what you're asking.