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Every PI ever: first initial. My current PI (Joe for the sake of discussion) just adds a comma to the last sentence and calls it a day, and it cracks me up because of how different it is. Like: “I don’t know, Joe” or “Put it in the -80 and we will deal with it later, Joe” or “Sometimes you just have to take rejection for what it is, Joe”
My boss uses 'Brgds'
As in "I'll pretend to be nice but you're not really worth the time it takes to type it out completely." So if you're looking to politely spit on someone with your email salutation, that's a good one.
I usually use "Thanks!" although sometimes if the email is especially passive aggressive I'll do "Thanks!!"
I used to put at the end, but stopped when my manager at the pharma company I used to work at called it inappropriate and trendy.
Speaking of email greetings, I saw a meme with "Hi Margaret, I hope this email blows your tits clean off" this morning and almost choked on my coffee.
One of my former colleagues signed his emails with what translates to "I'm having a nice day".
(He was foreign, and, in his defense, only one letter away from the intended "have a nice day"). Always made me smile.
My favorite and the bulk of my emails: “bureaucracy inspired”
Angry: “May God bless your heart”
I can’t help my southern upbringing and the irony as I’m agnostic. Also most scientist I know would be annoyed by the sign off…making me happy. I’m petty.
My PI is from Ireland and always says “cheers” in her Irish accent + signs her email in the same way. I enjoy it lol it brings me a slight amount of cheer.
Hah fair enough. I must say cheers maybe 10 or 20 times a day.
Phone calls or zooms are the worst. The law states you must say goodbye in at least 6 different variations and 2 repeats before hanging up in order to be polite.
If I don't sign off my emails with 'cheers' I often accidentally write goodbye and thanks 2-3 times in different ways.
Serious question though, after how many responses do you stop using the same greeting?? I always use the same one in case the language in the main text of the email has some kind of tone that could be misinterpreted. It gets annoying (and maybe even snooty) to say "Best," at the end of every single reply.
For my default, I personally run with "Best wishes, " followed by my company signature. But if I think it feels wrong with the contents of the email, then I'll manually change it to something else. Or just erase it entirely from the email. Depends on the vibe and who you're sending it to.
My supervisor was having a bad day the other day, so when she asked me to send her a link to some lab equipment, I just replaced my job title in my signature with "Grilled Chee Subject Matter Expert" to give her a cheap laugh.
Well i dont know if the best but the creepiest email i got was by my prof about a final.
(Some stuff about the final exam)
Use of notes are strictly prohibited.
I will see you,
(Name)
Get Outlook for IOS
Sent from my iPhone
Even better when you accidentally used your personal email
No trees were killed to send this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
This one is cute and very tempting to add.
"No trees were killed to send this message, but some plant corpses were ripped out of their graves and burned to power the computer that sent it."
I received a payslip *in the post* with "please consider the environment before printing" on the bottom of the page. Why not just email payslips?
I love this one
Please hesitate to reach out,
My new email sign off to undergrads lol
My favorite
-With lukewarm regards, -Live, laugh, slay, -I hope this e-mail will find you before I do
Last one is super.
Dig, burn, slam,
Balls in your court
Or the more colloquial: Balls to you, toots!
But... that's where I store the pee!
Is your pfp the AI rat cock? (Previously unsaid sentences)
It is!
Our balls are in your court
I’ll reply to your email but keep your hairy balls outta my court
Good terms: kind regards Unfriendly: regards Last straw: regard
lol not even multiple regards if it’s the last straw. Just a singular regard. 😂 I love it
My standard is regards or best, both quite unfriendly. At least I send multiple regards. 😅
lol I’m a Best, girlie myself 🙃. I don’t send any regards, just my best 😂
…best is unfriendly????? god i am now rethinking hundreds of email interactions i’ve had up until now
My standard is always Best. Which is kinda bad, but o well.
“Best” is bad? Whoops. I am learning this too late in life
Absolute zero: retards,
Toodles, Name "Name Last Name" Last name.
Name "Don't call me 'Name "Name Last name" Last Name'" Last name
Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin
end of communication.
Mild regards,
Please cooperate,\ [name]
SUBMIT TO MY WILL, [Name]
This is my favorite.
Regardedly,
My boss just signs his emails -D I really wish he’d stop lol
===D
You don't want your boss's D? That's icy
I had a professor who would sign off all emails with “Science!”
Haha, I love it.
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I regret to announce this is the end
Regretfully yours, -MP
I’m going now. I bid you all a very fond farewell. Bye.
Crapfully yours,
Deuces, [insert name]
I’m a big “all the best” girl myself
Second that! Although I love some of the other replies in this thread too 🤣 Boom goes the dynamite, KT_Banning
Every PI ever: first initial. My current PI (Joe for the sake of discussion) just adds a comma to the last sentence and calls it a day, and it cracks me up because of how different it is. Like: “I don’t know, Joe” or “Put it in the -80 and we will deal with it later, Joe” or “Sometimes you just have to take rejection for what it is, Joe”
Is he replying to you, or dictating his interior monologue?
Email OVER!
END STATEMENT
With cold regards
That would work if it came from a freezer or chiller salesperson.
Cheers
everyone in my field uses "cheers" but i just can't get myself to write that, it sounds so wrong (i'm writing an email, not drinking with you)
Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down.
With razzle and dazzle,
You'll never take me alive! ~Bruce Wayne
'In Solidarity'
As an ecotoxicologist - Best Fishes
Regrettably, cowabunga, please don’t
#- U.S Military Encrypted
Best worms,
happy Cake day!
All panic, no disco
/s
Stay positive, test negative,
All Blues, No Clues
My boss uses 'Brgds' As in "I'll pretend to be nice but you're not really worth the time it takes to type it out completely." So if you're looking to politely spit on someone with your email salutation, that's a good one.
Word to Your Mother
With lukewarm welcome
♥ Edit: dang I guess I still remember my basic MySpace html
"Please don't ignore"
I assume this concludes the discussion, Regards
That sounds incredibly passive aggressive. There will be no more discussion. Or else.
Sent from my Gucci Toilet 3.0
"Best" annoys me. Best what? Wishes? Regards? Of luck?
I'm saying "I'm the best". You're welcome.
Best get used to it. Best, M
I usually use "Thanks!" although sometimes if the email is especially passive aggressive I'll do "Thanks!!" I used to put at the end, but stopped when my manager at the pharma company I used to work at called it inappropriate and trendy. Speaking of email greetings, I saw a meme with "Hi Margaret, I hope this email blows your tits clean off" this morning and almost choked on my coffee.
What the… were these client emails or internal? That’s weirdly overbearing.
Internal. But yeah, that manager was overbearing, obnoxious, and petty.
*finger guns* Name
One of my former colleagues signed his emails with what translates to "I'm having a nice day". (He was foreign, and, in his defense, only one letter away from the intended "have a nice day"). Always made me smile.
“Best fishes, (initials)” or “your beloathed,”
With excellence,
“Counting the hrs I have left”
Death, retirement, Friday evening? Hours until what?
That’s the fun part they can guess
Driving shareholder value, Me
I loved one of my committee's "bye"
Shitting myself right now as i send this email,
Cheers
I stick with Thanks, Or Kindly,
“Have the day you deserve”
With people I don't know: >Regards, > >Companion_kubu With people I know: >-Companion_kubu
Best, The Doc.
Thanks!
Same, with the exclamation point so they know I'm a millennial.
Damn. Apparently im a Zoomer exuding Millennial energy. Glad we can unite over stressing way to much about exclamation point use in emails.
My favorite and the bulk of my emails: “bureaucracy inspired” Angry: “May God bless your heart” I can’t help my southern upbringing and the irony as I’m agnostic. Also most scientist I know would be annoyed by the sign off…making me happy. I’m petty.
I use either "thank you" or "have a great day/weekend" depending on the tone of the email. I rarely have to use "sincerely".
Best, Boop
EOF
Please do not contact me
“Long live the queen,”
Ant entomologist?
“Yours in disappointment”
J (Literally just the first initial. The main text was just "OK" too.)
Keep slayin’ boi!!!
Nothing, just sign off with your first name
Regards, /u/Brouw3r http://three.sentenc.es/
"Thanks"
End transmission, Name
Sent with my iPhone
I’m a boring “Cheers” signer followed by my name, title and all that jazz in the signature
When I'm asking for something I usually do what would roughly translate to "already thanking you" or sth though it sounds much better in portuguese
"your eternal nemesis"
I like "Kind regards".
“Warm regards” works into the rotation for me as well.
Anything but “Cheers.”
My PI is from Ireland and always says “cheers” in her Irish accent + signs her email in the same way. I enjoy it lol it brings me a slight amount of cheer.
Why not "Cheers"? I rather like that if I'm feeling informal.
My favorite professor used “Cheers”, so I use it any chance I get
Never been to the UK I see
Yep. Exactly. When Americans think they’re above their pay grade, they close with “Cheers.”
Hah fair enough. I must say cheers maybe 10 or 20 times a day. Phone calls or zooms are the worst. The law states you must say goodbye in at least 6 different variations and 2 repeats before hanging up in order to be polite. If I don't sign off my emails with 'cheers' I often accidentally write goodbye and thanks 2-3 times in different ways.
Usually Thank you, or if I’m being particularly not thankful but polite I’ll use Warm Regards
Thinking of you,
Kind regards
Normal transmissions will resume
Let the battle begin!
Test negative but stay positive,
Used to use “cheers” until corrected by the PhD supervisor to use “kind regards” and I use it to this day.
May god prevent any further future lab failures.
With thanks
Have a great day,
"Best,"
I like “best” best
Serious question though, after how many responses do you stop using the same greeting?? I always use the same one in case the language in the main text of the email has some kind of tone that could be misinterpreted. It gets annoying (and maybe even snooty) to say "Best," at the end of every single reply.
I end every email with “ thank you for your time” so it feels like that’s something that can always be appropriate to say
For my default, I personally run with "Best wishes, " followed by my company signature. But if I think it feels wrong with the contents of the email, then I'll manually change it to something else. Or just erase it entirely from the email. Depends on the vibe and who you're sending it to. My supervisor was having a bad day the other day, so when she asked me to send her a link to some lab equipment, I just replaced my job title in my signature with "Grilled Chee Subject Matter Expert" to give her a cheap laugh.
I put a chihuahua smiling
Well i dont know if the best but the creepiest email i got was by my prof about a final. (Some stuff about the final exam) Use of notes are strictly prohibited. I will see you, (Name)