Please don't YELL AT ME

singleagain

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 10:57 am

there is a vendor who constantly writes emails in ALL CAPS ... Usually bc I accidentally short paid or something.

I think he might be unfamiliar with the fact that email etiquette means not typing in all caps

What is a polite way to say this?

I need you smart imas... Please help

amother

Brass

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 11:00 am

Just assume he doesn’t know it is yelling and is to lazy to capitalize the first letter of every sentence and keeps his keyboard in caps lock.
FYI, one of the medical programs that I use, all the charting is in all caps. Honestly, I spend so much time in that program that I don’t even notice.

amother

Cerulean

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 11:02 am

Lol!!! I had a really similar thing this week. I’m a sheitel macher and I only have call and text. No WhatsApp. On purpose. But a customer was sending me voice notes via text. Her voice notes were 1-3 mins long over 10 of them a day (we were dealing with a sale, a repair, yada yada) shed say thru voicenote “I just bumped into an old friend and she said wow I didn’t recognize you” “I’m sitting in a restaurant and I see a lady with a cute style” I literally wanted to murder her but after a week I felt it was awkward to say it. But then one morning I opened up my messages and I saw 5 voice notes that were sent in middle of the night so I finally said something in the nicest way I knew how
“I know u may not realize but I’m spending a ton of time listening to u, text is much easier for me” thanks

singleagain

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 11:07 am

amother [ Brass ] wrote:

I thought about that. Bc years ago I had a similar thing where the program I used had that it had to be in caps. But I remember telling my friend that was the case and when I reread the email I still cringe and I'm thankful she put up with it...

But I don't think so bc I've gotten the occasional email that is not all in caps.

trixx

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 11:16 am

Hi, did you realize this email is all in caps? It's hard for me to read it. Please use standard case when communicating with us. Thank you

singleagain

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 1:56 pm

trixx wrote:

Hi, did you realize this email is all in caps? It's hard for me to read it. Please use standard case when communicating with us. Thank you

Thank you Trixx. I used your words.

amother

Brunette

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 2:00 pm

singleagain wrote:

Who cares? I can’t understand why someone would care if they’re reading small letters or caps. Seriously.

singleagain

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 4:34 pm

amother [ Brunette ] wrote:

Who cares? I can’t understand why someone would care if they’re reading small letters or caps. Seriously.

Bc when you type on all caps in on the internet it is considered yelling. Would you like to be shouted at every time you open your email?

amother

Glitter

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 4:41 pm

singleagain wrote:

Bc when you type on all caps in on the internet it is considered yelling. Would you like to be shouted at every time you open your email?

It's a mindset

singleagain

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 4:47 pm

amother [ Glitter ] wrote:

It's a mindset

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_caps

No . This is about proper etiquette in communication through the written word going as far back as April 17, 1856

(Hey that's my birthday)

enneamom

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 4:49 pm

singleagain wrote:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_caps

No . This is about proper etiquette in communication through the written word going as far back as April 17, 1856

(Hey that's my birthday)

Wow, you're old! Wink

singleagain

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 5:08 pm

enneamom wrote:

Wow, you're old! Wink

Don't tell 🤫 I'm really a time traveler who hops around the solar system with friends on a big blue box

singleagain

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 5:19 pm

amother [ Electricblue ] wrote:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/change-case/lpakoahdokkkonadfppfgmednkknpgbm?hl=en
Enjoy!

I'm confused.. is this an extension to change what I see ... That is helpful. But I can't be the only person he does that to

amother

Brunette

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 5:31 pm

singleagain wrote:

Bc when you type on all caps in on the internet it is considered yelling. Would you like to be shouted at every time you open your email?

You’re assuming everyone knows that or holds from it. Ridiculous. I use caps when I type so,times and not yelling.

singleagain

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 6:38 pm

amother [ Brunette ] wrote:

You’re assuming everyone knows that or holds from it. Ridiculous. I use caps when I type so,times and not yelling.

It's internet etiquette. And the idea of caps = yelling obviously predates the internet, according to the link I posted.

Now that you know that it can be read that way I hope that you will think twice before sending things in all caps online.

As my mother always says "it's not what you say, it's what they hear"

amother

Hibiscus

Sat, Jul 31 2021, 11:04 pm

I don’t care if people follow some arbitrary rule or not, I can read their emails fine either way. My fil uses all caps because he’s a poor keyboarder and it’s easier for him. I’m well aware of email etiquette but there are plenty of people who aren’t and I could care less because it’s a random and meaningless “rule.” Unlike etiquette rules like saying please and thank you which do serve an actual valuable purpose.

singleagain

Sun, Aug 01 2021, 12:45 am

amother [ Hibiscus ] wrote:

It's actually not. Here's a pin that explains a bit about the difference. English is evolving, the written English especially. Here's a pin that explains it better than I could