Been told im not polite enough

[Cotty]

In my emails, I sign off my business emails with:

Regards

Paul

I have been told I should add something like "thanks and best regards"

Am I too abrupt? I have to send a lot of emails so have "Regards Paul" as part of my signature so I do not have to type it each time. Am I being abrupt? or should I flower it up a bit?

[sinizter]

Sounds good enough for me, but then thats how I sign off. Not as Paul obviously.

Edited by sinizter on Friday 26th June 22:44

[rockinatmidnight]

• sigh*

Cheers,

The moose

Got my coat and I've phoned a taxi to take me to the airport chaps no worries...

[Pints]

You rude, bd!

You should be ending off your emails with:

Cheers
The Moose

HTH
(I hope I got in first)

ETA Feck. Beaten to it

Edited by Pints on Friday 26th June 22:45

[Los Palmas 7]

Cotty said:

In my emails, I sign off my business emails with:

Regards

Paul

I have been told I should add something like "thanks and best regards"

Am I too abrupt? I have to send a lot of emails so have "Regards Paul" as part of my signature so I do not have to type it each time. Am I being abrupt? or should I flower it up a bit?

I reckon that's fine - not impolite or abrupt at all.

Regards,

The Moose.

[pmanson]

Don't see the problem if it's for business correspondence... it's not as if you're writing to Aunty Betty.

I either sign off with Regards, Kind regards or Cheers (depending on how well I know who i'm emailing)

Edited by pmanson on Friday 26th June 22:45

[rockinatmidnight]

Pints said:

You rude, bd!

You should be ending off your emails with:

Cheers
The Moose

HTH
(I hope I got in first)

[becksW]

I tend to sign off either kind regards or cheers or best wishes, depends who they are to. Personally I think the example you have been given is ott.

[Cotty]

Pints said:

You should be ending off your emails with:

Cheers
The Moose

Thats really starting to grate.

[Pints]

rockinatmidnight said:

Pints said:

You rude, bd!

You should be ending off your emails with:

Cheers
The Moose

HTH
(I hope I got in first)

I bow to your superior typing skills

[Carfiend]

I sign all my business emails the same way (with my name of course ) and I have not had any complaints and infact most people I work with have just put it in their email signature to save time writing it out themselves.

[rockinatmidnight]

Seriously though. If it's buisiness, it should be kept as something like 'regards' rather than a personal message, depending on the customer I suppose. But something short and formal IMO sounds more professional.

ETA: Pints

Pints said:

rockinatmidnight said:

Pints said:

You rude, bd!

You should be ending off your emails with:

Cheers
The Moose

HTH
(I hope I got in first)

I bow to your superior typing skills

I'll call it a draw

Edited by rockinatmidnight on Friday 26th June 22:48

[grumbledoak]

Email is much less formal than normal mail; it would be odd to sign off with "Yours sincerely". I use exactly the same, though I vary it a bit if 'Thanks' is appropriate.

Who told you this?

Regards

Paul

[oblivion]

I send a lot of emails in my job every day, and its a regards oblivion every time

regards

oblivion

[Wacky Racer]

I always sign off with Kind regards.....




Kind regards

Wacky Racer

[anonymous-user]

Start signing them with "fk off" and see what happens.

I sign mine off the same way that you do, nothing wrong with it at all IMO

[Stu R]

I sign off in much the same fashion as 'regards...<name>, The latter example in the OP just sounds crawly to me.

[Cotty]

Los Palmas 7 said:

I reckon that's fine - not impolite or abrupt at all.

So do I but my boss thinks I should flower it up a bit, try to be a bit frendlier

[Eric Mc]

It's not polite to use the expression "im" when it should be "I'm" or even "I am".

[Los Palmas 7]

Cotty said:

Los Palmas 7 said:

I reckon that's fine - not impolite or abrupt at all.

So do I but my boss thinks I should flower it up a bit, try to be a bit frendlier

Like what?

"Lots of love, Cotty xxx"?