Unprofessional, yay/nay?

[bluemax]

My supervisor uses Pls. instead of please in emails. Is it wrong that I find this extremely unprofessional and rather annoying? The woman constructs sentences at a second grade level as well.

[brawndolicious]

shit on her face.

[bagofeyes]

Blackmail her for sex

[Himu]

She's unprofessional simply because she's a stupid bitch who can't form sentences. Why is she your supervisor?

[Mupepe]

She's unprofessional simply because she's a stupid bitch who can't form sentences. Why is she your supervisor?

Because it's who you know, not what you know most likely.

Anyways, I understand this frustration.  I have a manager that constantly sends out emails like this

all in bold and caps...

TED CALL TODAY AND WILL NOT BE HERE HE SAY TO CALL SANTOS IF NEED ANYTHING WE TAKE DONATIONS FOR FLOWERS COME SEE ME

[Tauntaun]

TED CALL TODAY...HE SAY TO CALL SANTOS IF NEED ANYTHING

 

[bluemax]

She's unprofessional simply because she's a stupid bitch who can't form sentences. Why is she your supervisor?

Because she's been working for this department for 20 years. So while she's technically incompetent, lacking in education (no HS diploma or GED) she gets to be MIS director for the Student Affairs division of a large private university.

Her stupidity and promotion chased my former supervisor off.

Don't ever work for a University long term. Thank goodness I graduate and leave this year.

TED CALL TODAY AND WILL NOT BE HERE HE SAY TO CALL SANTOS IF NEED ANYTHING WE TAKE DONATIONS FOR FLOWERS COME SEE ME

Yeah that's pretty much it. Here are some random samplings from my email:


Pls. supply the serial number for each item along with the MAC for registration.

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Rebecca Peterson, (OIS) has reserved an appointment with you on tomorrow (2/16/07) at 12:30 in the lab.  Pls. instruct her on how to use the scanner, particularly in scaling down the size of documents.  She will be scanning docs that will be shown on a projector.

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Lydia is priority one.  Then, Dane Marten called and said that he has a mac that freezes whenever you use the keypad on the keyboard.  He needs to have that looked at…it is an older computer – may not be much we can do except have him purchase another keyboard…and he wanted to know the status of the drivers for the canon printer?  He said you were there last week..and he has heard nothing.

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Request has been send to KSTDATA and notice to program board advisor.

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Will you be returning in January?  If so, what day and what time. Pls. reply immediately.

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I need the serial number of the computer and who is the owner?

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Valery was quite pleased with your assistance this morning.  She said her presentation was a success, thanks to you.

Some of these aren't as bad as others, but her usage of commas and ellipses is at times baffling. We often reread her emails aloud to try and parse them better. She's a native English speaker too.

[Robo]

Depends.  For example, a lot of higher-ups in my company send out a ridiculous number emails a day and simply don't have the time to spellcheck the gibberish they're sending to subordinates.  It really isn't that important.  I'm reluctant to believe that anyone would send an obnoxiously unprofessional email like that if it really mattered and they knew better.

We also have a guy who sends out company-wide emails ALL the time in caps.  I put an Outlook filter on to auto-delete anything he sends.  I can't read that bullshit if I try.

[xnikki118x]

It's more than unprofessional, it's fucking stupid.

My old manager at Subway used to write the most ridiculous things. For example:
soada
salid
DO NOT TUCH [on a thermostat]
Dassani [after ordering the shit for a year]

She left a note once about how too much bread was being baked at once and it was getting stale. The note started off like this:

Please bake in small amounts at a time of bread.

[Ichirou]

Compared to nikki's boss, bluemax's supervisor sounds like a frickin' genius.

[MrAngryFace]

I dunno, im starting to think discussing workplace issues on a message board is unprofessional ;p

[APF]

I have some stories of coworkers being unprofessional...

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[The Fake Shemp]

I dunno, im starting to think discussing workplace issues on a message board is unprofessional ;p

But this is not the workplace - who cares what you say outside of it!

[Saint Cornelius]

It's more than unprofessional, it's fucking stupid.

My old manager at Subway used to write the most ridiculous things. For example:
soada
salid
DO NOT TUCH [on a thermostat]
Dassani [after ordering the shit for a year]

She left a note once about how too much bread was being baked at once and it was getting stale. The note started off like this:

Please bake in small amounts at a time of bread.

you're expecting genius from a manager at Subway?

[MrAngryFace]

Most companies view discussion of this nature outside the workplace the same as inside the workplace.

I mean its not like he's mentioned his company, so there's no strict representation, but on the issue of professionalism, this isnt that professional either. In fact I think its LESS professional than saying 'pls' in an e-mail.

[Van Cruncheon]

if the person isn't getting paid to spell well, and/or you aren't getting paid to edit them, then i see no valid reason to bitch about weird spelling/abbreviations. they look dumb, yeah, but unprofessional? nah.

[Robo]

I only see it as a valid issue if you can't appropriately convey thoughts or directions when that is what you were hired for.  Sending emails back and forth frequently just for clarification is fucking annoying and a big waste of everyone's time.

[bluemax]

MAF I hadn't stopped to consider that. I almost got fired this semester already so I'm not super concerned about it.

I do worry about this woman's ability to communicate for a number of reasons. For one she often communicates things to me in the most roundabout bizarre manner leaving me utterly baffled as to what it is I'm supposed to accomplish. Since we're a tech support department this can be really bad at times. Also since she became my supervisor I frequently show up to departments with problem descriptions from her that when I repeat them to the people in the department they make me look bad because they're so awkward or completely wrong. Thankfully most people here recognize that I know what I'm doing and that this woman is too incompetent for her position and title.

Anywho, I'll try to refrain from posting on a semi public messageboard about my incompetent boss in the future.

[MrAngryFace]

Its just good policy to exercise the values you get after others for lacking