syntax oddities

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Fri, 18 May 2018 13:25:52 +0100, Paul Moore wrote:

> In "Corporate"
> cultures like where I work (where IT and business functions interact a
> lot, and business users typically use tools like Outlook) top-posting is
> common, conventional, and frankly, effective.

I don't believe that email is effective in corporate culture *at all*, 
regardless of posting convention. Email is for sending, not reading or 
responding to. When people do respond to it, they invariably send some 
stream of consciousness nonsense that doesn't answer the questions you 
asked or give you enough instructions to actually get the job done that 
they want you to do.

Email in corporate culture is good for only one thing: after the 
seventeen pages of quoted text, and before the two page disclaimer 
telling you that legally you are in violation of a hundred and seventeen 
laws by merely walking past the building where the email was sent, the 
sender usually has their phone number so you can call them and ask them 
what they actually want done.

*Usually*.




-- 
Steve