April 23, 2007
Gratuitous Pet Peeve No. 1436
I hate it when people repeatedly inject the name of the person to whom they're speaking or writing into their speech or correspondence.
I have no problem with a note that says, for example -
"I've left the file on your desk. Please get started on this matter right away. I'm counting on being able to forward the final product by COB today."
But give me the same note with the "personal touch" added -
"Robbo, I've left the file on your desk. Please get started on this matter right away. Robbo, I'm counting on being able to forward the final product by COB today."
- and it makes me want to start throwing things.
Not that this is happening at the moment. But I can hear a guy down the hall talking on the phone and every other sentence begins with the other party's name. Grrrrr......
YIPS from Steve-O:
Posted by Robert at April 23, 2007 02:04 PM | TrackBackRobbo, this happens to be one of my pet peeves two. Of course Robbo, aonthre of my pet pevees is when people don't spel chekc their comments. But Robbo, the thing that really chaps my hide, that's a little llama speak Robbo, is when people use two instead of too or to.
See Robbo, we're not all that different, so how about a nice friendly game of desktop defender. Whadda say Robbo old buddy old pal?
Posted by: phin at April 23, 2007 02:27 PMDaaamn you and your desktop defender to heeeeeellll!!!!!
Do you know how long it took me to get those squads of little figures saying "What ho!" and "Yippee!!" out of my head? And how compulsive I got about trying to come up with the optimal maze for mowing them down?? And what a liar the game is when it comes to letting them out the back gate even though those last shots HIT them and took out the last of their points??????
Nrrrrrrrrghhh!!!!
Posted by: Robbo the LB at April 23, 2007 02:55 PMThe other person's name needs to be there once in the heading of a written note (including email), and once at the beginning of any phone call. Any less that that is rude and unprofessional. Any more than that is excessively familiar.
Posted by: NBS at April 23, 2007 03:11 PMThis is akin to how a mother addresses her son or daughter for irritating emphasis: "Jerry Rothfort Smith! Go to you room at once!"
You should add these to the Peeve Pile: http://www.peevepile.com
Posted by: Lefty at April 28, 2007 09:14 PM