On 04/30/2010 05:37 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 1 May 2010 01:32, William Pietri<will...@scissor.com> wrote: > >> You should keep in mind that it definitely takes me more time and more >> energy to deal with non-nice requests. >> > Really? How does me adding more words to my emails save you time? >
It's not the quantity of words, but the choice of them. When I am dealing with a polite message, I can write a quick reply. With a prickly one, I have to do more drafts, so I can get past my first reaction, a mainly negative one, and produce something positive in tone and substance. I also need more time between messages, so that my irritation in one doesn't slop over onto some undeserving correspondent. As long as we're on the topic of etiquette, I find it frustrating when people pick out one particular bit to reply to and ignore the broader point. I add that only because I'm not sure if this was part of your intentional policy against niceness, or a more accidental sort. Hoping that is useful, William _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
