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Why YSK: These email tips are helpful for people who struggle with boundaries and want to communicate more assertively.
Why YSK: These email tips are helpful for people who struggle with boundaries and want to communicate more assertively.
Non-native speaker here. What are the disadvantages of being straightforward? In my native language, it is considered more efficient and polite to be to the point. I have worked with Americans in the past, and I have noticed that they are not straightforward.
Being straightforward is fine, but often times being straightforward comes with an air of superiority. It’s fine in a boss setting, but you should be careful giving commands to people who don’t answer to you as it shows a lack of respect. People just want to be treated nicely and feel like they have a choice.
Polite society is to blame. Being passive aggressive and fake is how we’ve learned to communicate in professional settings.
Tone is difficult to convey in email. Business normies are presumptuous and oversensitive with communication.