Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

michaels

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

OH was saying yesterday that he loves the fact Hebrew has a word - Tel - which means specifically "hill caused by subsequent towns / settlements being built on land, demolished, and then another one built".

I thought the Israeli word for that was Occupied West Bank...

Nikkster wrote: »

Poor form to quote oneself, but nevermind.

I think I end up using them because I have quite an expressive face. Or so I'm told! It means that whilst I can type out a sentence, it often misses the other signals I'd be giving in a conversation. Which also means I've got a tendency (which I try to rein in) to pepper things with exclamation marks!!!
Unless I'm clearly joking about something, or it's a non-work related message, a smiley face generally means that I know you won't like what I'm saying, but if I was saying it to your face I'd also probably be smiling at you to prove that whilst we don't agree that doesn't mean I don't like you as a person.

I think I would find it very confusing to receive a 'negative' work email with a smilie in it.

i found myself sending a smile smilie to someone to agree that they could wander over for a meeting at 4 yesterday...I fear it was just a bit of trying to get down wiv the yout

Nikkster

I should point out that I do manage to write plenty of -free emails
I rarely write truly negative emails, there is more often than not something positive to say. I do say plenty of things that people don't want to hear though. And whilst I'd rather tackle things face to face, sometimes it ends up being in an email.

Generali

Nikkster wrote: »

El Tel?

Or telephone. As in Tel no.

Or a Terryphone number as might be the punchline to a racist joke.

Generali

michaels wrote: »

I thought the Israeli word for that was Occupied West Bank...



I think I would find it very confusing to receive a 'negative' work email with a smilie in it.

i found myself sending a smile smilie to someone to agree that they could wander over for a meeting at 4 yesterday...I fear it was just a bit of trying to get down wiv the yout

I hate smilies in work emails like a slug hates salt in pretty much any context except if I've had a row with someone and we're trying to take some heat out of things.

Similes I can cope with however.

LydiaJ

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Much love, Spirit.

Nikkster wrote: »

Ditto
x

Likewise

Generali wrote: »

I hate smilies in work emails like a slug hates salt in pretty much any context except if I've had a row with someone and we're trying to take some heat out of things.

Similes I can cope with however.

Recent uses of smilies in work emails to/from me include the following:

Middle management person: Dear Lydia, Please could you do xyz?
Me: Yes of course.

Me: Hi <HoD> I've spoken to X and agreed to do abc for him. Lydia
HoD: Just seen your email. Thanks for agreeing to do this.

Colleague: Sorry to be ignorant but what's the difference between P & Q?
Me: <Brief explanation of what the difference is and why it doesn't matter>

Me: Hi <HoD> Please could you <do me a favour> because <reason I can't do it myself>?
HoD: On it
Me: Thanks

So both my HoD and I mostly seem to use to mean either "I am happy to do this for you" or "Thank you for doing this for me".

I never use any other smilie than at work. Well, I suppose I might use occasionally if the email wasn't work-related and was about something bad/sad that was going on in the a work friend's life, I suppose, although I can't recall doing so.

CKhalvashi

I'm quite like that Lydia; chucking few characters on something can make it seem so much nicer.

Not been able to sleep yet and promised DD's I'd run them to Batumi today (although secretly just want to chuck the car round various mountain roads.
See you all later!

CK

lostinrates

Nikkster wrote: »

Poor form to quote oneself, but nevermind.

I think I end up using them because I have quite an expressive face. Or so I'm told! I .

Fir says I make the face of the smiley I'm typing.

Which is funny. I am not one of those people who chomps with their mouth while they write with a pen or pencil.

hjd

I have never used a smilie and I always type out texts properly with capital letters and punctuation.
Maybe that makes me a grumpy old(ish) woman!

vivatifosi

I've never used a smilie at work and have only used them on the rest since coming here.

My pet hate though us getting a work email from someone I barely know, who signs their name and then add an x. I have no problem with that in a social setting, but at work it is a bit weird.

My texts are somewhat like hjd' s too.

PasturesNew

Nikkster wrote: »

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What a t0sser. From the minute I heard his voice for the first time I have found him the most pointless, annoying, talentless and irritating of 'comedians'.
He comes across like the sad t0sser at the pub that nobody likes, that'll tell 'jokes' and laugh at them, even though nobody else gets them.
His subjects are often obscure, but it's his voice that irritates me the most - and his facial expressions. He seems to say his line, then stand/pose and look/wait for the "laughs he knows will be coming" .... and it's irritating as he's never said anything funny.