Email Is No Joking Matter
from the those-missing-sarcasm-tags dept
We've pointed out before just how badly the world needs sarcasm tags in HTML, but it appears that applies to email as well. A new study says that approximately one in four workers have had problems with their colleagues who misunderstood or didn't appreciate humor in emails that were sent. Not surprisingly, it was the men who more often found their weak attempts at humor missing the mark. Of course, it's unclear from the study if the incidents were simply misunderstandings or (more likely) because they just weren't funny.
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It happens
I took it to my boss and he said that's what passes for sarcastic humor in Germany and not to get bent out of shape over it.
When I finally met the guy in person, he was extremely polite, unlike his e-mails...
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nyuk nyuk
/a canuck
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Fun with statistics...
As a consequence, I refuse to take *ANY* statistic regarding men/women and the intraweb-thingie serously.
Lying with statistics can be fun. I esp. like the "sony and lite-on are the favorite optical drive manufactures" propaganda bit I saw on dailyrotation recently. What they don't tell you is that there's only a few prcentage difference in a very carved up market, with sony and lite-on being only two of about 5 to 7 makers with signficant market share.
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face to face
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