Published on 12, July, 2020
I've realised that people prefer it if I start with pleasantries, not just going straight to the point of what I want to say.
e.g. just now I went to get my recycling bin after it had been emptied. At least I thought it was my bin. I saw my neighbour getting into his car so I called 'is this my bin?' He looked blankly at me and said, 'hello, how are you? Haven't seen you for a while.' I was confused, I needed to know if that bin was mine or his. He was confused because he hadn't seen me for a while and wanted to say hello, not talk about bins.
Then it dawned on me, ta dahhhhhhhhhh! I should have said 'hello how are you?' Before launching into the questions about the bin.
I like to get straight to the point, never mind chit chat. Most humans prefer the chit chat first.
I hope this has been helpful
This is me EVERY email.
I have learned one rule: Never hit send immediately. And without fail, somehow I always forget that important opening like: concern for the others well being.
I did end up on a chat with Apple and spend 45 minutes trying to work out what happened to a programme on my iMac for work when after about an hour I finally recalled it hasn't ever worked on this machine, I have to use my laptop. Total facepalm.
Same here! A lot of editing goes into my emails and texts and even the posts on NAS site! I have to remember to thank people for their advice!