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The other day, someone in my office was slightly offended that I didn't call her back. She had left a message on my cell phone to alert me to a huge traffic jam on 287 since she knew I was headed to Fort Worth. I appreciated the call, but she wanted to know why I didn't call her back.
I told her it was the type of phone call that didn't require a return call. What was I supposed to say? "Got your message. Thanks." Yeah, that would have been polite but isn't that a waste of time?
Which gave rise to the above question today on a computer/life productivity site called LifeHacker. If you ask a question via email and get a response, do you type a one word email of "thanks" and hit reply? Unless someone has gone to a heck of a lot of trouble to find an answer for me, I don't. And I know I'm a good person. My therapist tells me so.
6 comments:
Only if you want to be polite.
Would you say "thanks" if you were HANDED or TOLD the information in PERSON? Incidentally, "thanks" for WHAT? I was taught you ALWAYS offer "thanks" for SOMETHING.
Thank you for your help.
Thank you for thinking about me.
Thank you for your time.
Typically, a "thank you" takes less time to give than the EFFORT the person you are thanking took to do YOU the favour/kindness.
Only if you further want to clog the internet and the person's email box. Waste of time.
I suppose most forms of etiquette could be seen as a waste of time.
Wow, that sounded very Mom-like.
thanks.
Yes you should take the five seconds to say thanks! It is polite and people are more likely to do something for you or think of you again. I mean really how long does it take to type 5 letters and hit the reply button?
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