MrVilliam@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoMy wife is angry with somebody at our bank.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down10
arrow-up1168arrow-down1external-linkMy wife is angry with somebody at our bank.lemmy.worldMrVilliam@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareMrMobius @sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoI’d do the the opposite. I generally use the default “cordially”. But if someone pissed me off I’d use something overly formal and polite like “amicably thanking you for your eventual reply over the matter; if it pleases you”
minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoA great passive-aggressive way of saying “As I already told you, you dumb pile of bull feces” is “As mentioned in my last mail, …”
minus-squareshneancy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoistg i have to write those words into every reply i give. Do people even read the words i write? Can they read? Should i give up?
I’d do the the opposite. I generally use the default “cordially”. But if someone pissed me off I’d use something overly formal and polite like “amicably thanking you for your eventual reply over the matter; if it pleases you”
A great passive-aggressive way of saying “As I already told you, you dumb pile of bull feces” is “As mentioned in my last mail, …”
istg i have to write those words into every reply i give. Do people even read the words i write? Can they read? Should i give up?