Rgds

PLL

My lecturer taught us today that 'rgds' is an acceptable abbreviation for 'Regards' in an e-mail. He also uses it when writing e-mails to us.

I've done a few communication type modules, worked in a few places and I've never seen anything so lazy in my life.

Really is that acceptable now??

Stheno

I've seen it a fair bit tbh

Hammer89

Maybe he's got one of those faulty Dells which were built with no vowels on the keyboards.

jamesbere

You clearly haven't lived the lazy life if you think this is the laziest thing you've ever seen

The Backwards Man

K

allthedoyles

PLL wrote: »

My lecturer taught us today that 'rgds' is an acceptable abbreviation for 'Regards' in an e-mail. He also uses it when writing e-mails to us.

I've done a few communication type modules, worked in a few places and I've never seen anything so lazy in my life.

Really is that acceptable now??

Apart from regards long version what other options would you suggest to sign off on an email ?

The Backwards Man

allthedoyles wrote: »

Apart from regards long version what other options would you suggest to sign off on an email ?

Thank you for your kind consideration of this correspondence,

The Backwards Man

ArtSmart

bfn



classic

jamesbere

allthedoyles wrote: »

Apart from regards long version what other options would you suggest to sign off on an email ?

Hugs and kisses xoxoxox

Stheno

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Thank you for your kind consideration of this correspondence,

The Backwards Man

Shouldn't you be off gambling?

fineso.mom

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Yeah, perfectly cptble

Larbre34

Slow news day huh?

diomed

I always start my e-mails with
"My ever-new delight"

and end with
"Time tortures me 'till we meet again"

ArtSmart

diomed wrote: »

I always start my e-mails with
"My ever-new delight"

and end with
"Time tortures me 'till we meet again"

Aint easy being single, but keep truckin!

PLL

allthedoyles wrote: »

Apart from regards long version what other options would you suggest to sign off on an email ?

I don't know. I hadn't seen it before, and as his e-mails are very badly written (grammar, punctuation) I suppose I preconceived that it was bad etiquette.

Then he talked about it in a lecture, so I had to ask!
Apparently it isn't that strange. I just think if you're sending an e-mail that requires a closing, surely you would just leave it formal.

My friends get 'love ya babes' maybe I should throw that into my sig.

The Backwards Man

Stheno wrote: »

Shouldn't you be off gambling?

Nope, as John Denver used to say, sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend.

diomed

ArtSmart wrote: »

Aint easy being single, but keep truckin!

Stolen from a husband's letter to a wife written April 4th 1698.

"Whether twas thy dear picture, or the postscript which told me how strong your good wishes were for my better fortune, have turned ye tide of my ill-luck"

No texting in those days.

BASHIR

Why doesn't he just write a proper signature? He can then use that. I wouldn't even think about sending a colleague something like that.

Junkyard Tom

blsht prbly

Ciderswigger

I once accidentally emailed my lecturer "Thinking of you" instead of "Thanking you". Our next face to face meeting was a bit weird!

Cee-Jay-Cee

PLL wrote: »

My lecturer taught us today that 'rgds' is an acceptable abbreviation for 'Regards' in an e-mail. He also uses it when writing e-mails to us.

I've done a few communication type modules, worked in a few places and I've never seen anything so lazy in my life.

Really is that acceptable now??

Thnks is much much lazier but the one that says 'fcuk you, I don't really care' is congrats. When your congratulating someone (verbally) and you couldn't be arsed to say the full word, well you can shove your half assed effort up your hole!

Robsweezie

It just looks....broken

One eyed Jack

I get the 'Rgds' a few times from different people, but the really bizarre thing then, is when it's followed by their AutoSignature which could be about ten lines, so their signing off looks something like -


Rgds,
Richard Head

<E-mail>
<Company Position>

<Mobile>
<Office Landline>
<Extension>

<Address Line 1>
<Address Line 2>
<Address Line 3>
<Address Line 4>

<Company Logo>

And for the unbearably pretentious -

<Digital Signature>


And then there are the people who include their AutoSignature in all replies - special place in hell for those people! :mad:

Mine is simply -

Regards,
Jack
<Mobile Number>


Strangely enough, I always include my name at the foot of text messages too, just out of habit I suppose really, a carry-over from email, before text messaging became a thing.

Tarzana2

The Backwards Man wrote: »

K

My very favorite lazy abbreviation.

Tarzana2

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Thnks is much much lazier but the one that says 'fcuk you, I don't really care' is congrats. When your congratulating someone (verbally) and you couldn't be arsed to say the full word, well you can shove your half assed effort up your hole!

'Congrats' on its own is fine, but "I hear congrats are in order" is arsey.

Boskowski

Colleague of mine signed a work email accidentally 'Thanks Retards'. Didn't help that the mail thread was a bit of a heated discussion to begin with. He felt he had some explaining to do after but swears it was an accident.

Bonzo Delaney

FOAD
Usually puts a full stop to things

wyndham

Doesn't have the spare fraction of a second to type the vowels? Or even set it to autocorrect. Bllnd

Badly Drunk Boy

About 15 years ago, my manager asked me to send a weekly report to all senior management. Before sending it for the first time, he told me what to write in the message part of the e-mail, finishing by saying "Then type 'r' 'g' 'd' 's'." I just thought "Oh, you mean 'Regards'?" so that's what I typed.

I hate stupid abbreviations.

hardCopy

Robsweezie wrote: »

It just looks....broken

Brkn

whiskeyman

I've seen,

BR,


For Best Regards...


I'm thinking of changing mine to:

K thx bye x

I never write regards, warm regards etc., to anyone I have never met or if I am writing an email looking for information or help in a professional sense.

I sign my emails thank you or thank you for your help with this matter.

Eugene Norman

I don't sign off on emails. My name is auto appended to the bottom anyway.

osarusan

Eugene Norman wrote: »

I don't sign off on emails. My name is auto appended to the bottom anyway.

I have a friend who has the same auto signature, but she always forgets and signs off anyway, so it looks something like this:

We can talk about that next weekend.

Best regards,

Stacey

Best regards,

Stacey

The King of Moo

N, PLL.

the_sonandmoon

I used get emails from a (very professional and successful) woman, who signed off with "K Regs" (for kind regards). I think it was her trying to be hip, more than anything.

biko

Poor English forum,no-one knows you exist.

check_six

whiskeyman wrote: »

I've seen,

BR,


For Best Regards...


I'm thinking of changing mine to:

K thx bye x

I know someone who uses KR in the same manner (as in kind regards).

I really don't like it. I put Regards in my email signature and in text messages. I think it's polite and good manners to spell the word out properly. Still, "KR" is better than putting a smiley face at the end of every email which is how another person I know signs off. Every email, no matter the content, or how inappropriate the context. eg. "Tiny Tim won't make it to the other side of Christmas. *smiley face*" Bah!

MarkR

smh

josip

Hammer89 wrote: »

Maybe he's got one of those faulty Dells which were built with no vowels on the keyboards.

Tht's n rbn lgnd bt ths Dlls. 'v gt n nd nvr hd ny prblms

ongarboy

Many people use auto signatures which include Regards, Rgds or whatever sign off expression they prefer using. I default to Regards but if I'm particularly asking for a request or favour for something to be done from a colleague, client etc, I might overwrite Regards with Thanks or some other gratitude variation.

I view textspeak as unprofessional in work place email correspondence but would not extend that view to the use of Rgds as that is just a sign off expression rather than part of the body of the mail. I wouldn't think anyone is "lazy" just because they signed off that way.

PS, OP, if that's the laziest thing you've ever seen, wait until you graduate and find a job. You'll be introduced to the concept of deadwood among some of your colleagues and really experience what laziness means then!

Avatar MIA

Rgds is the very opposite of Regards, however I'd not contact the Union over it either.

I can get text speak from the CEO in an email. It's a bit disconcerting after a few professional level emails back and forth to then get.

Tk U

*shudder*