The closing phrase in emails 'Best Regards'

[jaF0]

I'm seeing a lot of opening lines like 'Hey, <customer>', even from major banks.

 

[Diosax]

Like I said, you fucking kids and your casual lingo.

Since most of my interactions are acrimonious, my standard closing:

Burn in hell,
Lionel

Don't hate me cuz I'm young

 

[Trekka]

Good afternoon Listers,


This is about professional emails.

I always include a greeting and a closing. Many reasons.

One, my grandmother’s hand, I'm fairly convinced, will sprout from the grave and whack me upside the head if I do not start a communique with a greeting.

Two, my old supervisor never used greetings. It felt like every single email was a command. An order. A judgment, even.

“You have not signed up for the holiday potluck yet.” —> yeah?! Fuck you too!

And greetings aren’t so different from closings. They’re mostly a formality. Unnecessary to many, in today’s day and age, but I like to brighten someone’s day with a “good morning, so-and-so.”

Similarly, I like to lessen the blow of a crap request email with a “Thanks for all that you do,” as a final sentence. It’s the least I can do.

Hopefully this helps.


Best,

My-college-mentor-made-me-use-“Best”-and-it-stuck

(And dear lord) please - include a phone number here

 

[jaF0]

I call a lot of people 'so and so'.

 

[jaF0]

Ya' know people even get pissed if you reply to their expression gratitude with 'No problem!'?


And people wonder why I hate people.

 

[badjanus]

Regards/ Kind regards to externals
Best to internals/informals

 

[Trekka]

Ya' know people even get pissed if you reply to their expression gratitude with 'No problem!'?


And people wonder why I hate people.

Yeah - I had an argument with a good friend once over this.

Like, apologies if my culturally ingrained politeness wasted nineteen seconds of your day?

Seriously? Yeah, she was serious.

 

[Crownvic]

Regards to what...

 

[PastMaster]

And people wonder why I hate people.

Not really - We kind of know why...

 

[StillRain]

I never use Best Regards. Nor have I ever seen it used.


I generally adapt what I use depending on who I am emailing or how cunty I am feeling.

 

[GiggLeGasm]

It depends on how long between emails with the recipient and how frequently we communicate in any given day. It seems silly to draft a semi-formal email to conduct what is essentially an electronic conversation that will likely span the course of a day.
That being said, "Regards" is how I end work emails where I'm intending to include respect for our work together.

private emails are typically less formal. While the language may shift, the general tone tends to be warm and affectionate - somewhere along the lines of "can't wait to taste you" or "my thighs still hurt"..

 

[MedicalMuse]

Team (insert number)

Patient so and so. Blah blah blah. Please make a visit or call to check in today.

Have a fantastic (insert day o the week)
Cheers,
Mm
Ps call me if you need me

 

[StillRain]

Email sign-offs you wish you could use:
Have a moist day,
S

 

[jaF0]

^^^ 'Keep it up'.





(After a message congratulating someone doing a good job.)

 

[Mrtenant]

Later bruh

 

[NC_Coastal]

Give 'em hell

 

[mickyp123]

Gosh... Should I? Do I even want to...

Are you honestly saying, that if a mail is not from North America, it is a gigantic red flag..



Kind regards,

From Scandinavia.

Kindest Regards from Uranus

 

[B2fromA2looking4U]

I use best regardes or all the best or best wishes. I am from USA.

 

[Kennna]

I do use 'Best regards' in my email closings, and I'm from the USA.

 

[jaF0]

OK, so tell us how you found this year old thread.

 

[ydahecnot]

Be sure to end your reply with “Have a moist day”

 

[lingus60]

Do you use it? If so, what is your original country (you don't have to answer that of course.)

To me, when I see an email closed with the phrase 'Best Regards', it's a signal that the sender is not from North America.



I'm not saying it's a giant red flag, but ......



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Wow! Is it a red flag to not be from the US?
Best Regards..... from the UK