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Angsty McGothsalot ([info]angstymcgoth) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2009-06-17 22:38:00


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Don't call me Liz, BITCH.
Possible [info]political_wank? I'm posting it here, since the "politics" are largely incidental. So-and-so asks Jim McDermott's secretary for an audience, and addresses her poorly ('Liz' rather than 'Elizabeth'). HOLY SHIT, you did not just go there!

A few weeks ago, the assistant e-mailed Becton seeking a meeting with McDermott and a client, JPMorgan Chase. Days later, the assistant checked back in and unfortunately began the e-mail with “Hi Liz.”

Becton curtly replied, “Who is Liz?”

When the assistant wrote back with an apology, Becton turned up the heat. “I do not go by Liz. Where did you get your information?” she asked.

The back-and-forth went on for 19 e-mails, with the assistant apologizing six times if she had “offended” Becton, while Becton lectured about name-calling.


Please, please check out the email exchange hosted on Politico.


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[info]ayezur
2009-06-18 05:23 pm UTC (link)
I got into a bit of a scuffle with my mom the other day when I wanted the full name and title of the person I was supposed to be emailing about an internship. Mom thought I didn't need it because the woman was a friend of hers and I was all "Mom, I don't care if you know her, I've never met her and I'm asking her to saddle one of her underlings with an undergrad for the summer, let me be formal while making my request."

So I think part of it is forsomereason people view email as a less formal medium. And maybe with subsequent emails in a conversation you can loosen up, but the first one should be subject to the same formal rules as a normal letter.

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