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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op you cannot be real. Beginning an email with a salutation is basic politeness. Not only are you wrong but your colleagues probably think you a very rude. [/quote]

+1. I work for a very kind organization who is known for being good to employees. My manager came on and started sending short, snappy, nasty emails to everyone. And people complained! The person got spoken to and now crafts normal, nice emails. With greetings.

Her emails used to be like “I don’t know why you didn’t do this the first time” and “I’m new here so maybe I’m missing this, but”. I can’t give good examples but they were snarky, pseudo nasty emails and she was always wrong. [/quote]

This is OP and I just want to say I am not that passive aggressive person.  I don't leave catty comments in emails like that.  Besides the opener which I confess I have NEVER done beyond when I am emailing someone I don't know very well, my emails are polite and filled with pleases and thank yous and even occasional jokes and camaraderie.  I just don't remember ever seeing this "Hello." business until the last six months or so, and it seems weird.

I'm okay with a friend emailing and starting off with pleasantries.  I'm even okay with someone I don't work with very much opening with a greeting.  But when someone who emails back and forth with me 10 or 20 times a day opens each new string with "Hello." I feel like I'm emailing an AI simulation and not an actual person.

That said, I hear everyone's comments here and will do my best to adopt this -- in my first email only, I'm not going crazy here -- going forward in my email communications, because some people really feel strongly that it's impolite not to have a greeting.  DCUM you have changed me.  I trust it's for the better - in my heart I'm still skeptical but [i]I want to believe[/i].

Sincerely,
Apparently people really do like this sort of thing, maybe [i]I[/i] am the monster[/quote]

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