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Phone numbers are acceptable.
Although you have to be careful.
A few years ago I was downloading a trial of some software, they required a phone number so I clicked on an email from a colleague and use the phone number.
Didn't realise it was her direct number, I didn't realise anyone in the company had a direct number, just assumed it would be the switchboard number.
She spent weeks fielding sales calls for me.
Which was probably better for me than them having the switchboard number, as they would have just patched the calls straight through.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: I hate people who cannot be bothered typing their name at the end because they just let the standard sig handle it.
Someone once asked me, why don't I just put my name in my sig-line, and that is exactly the reason why.
Marc
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I'm there with you brother. I've sent replies with the other person's signature deleted. I've sent my own obnoxious signature in caps and large fonts and nothing works.
I hate getting a chain of emails all with signatures, especially from a coworker 5 feet away.
I hate the disclaimer at the bottom that says to delete if you are not the intended recipient.
I hate when they have to put their credentials on there. Jane Doe, PMP or John Doe, CSM
The place I work at, nearly everyone uses them and they think it's professional. My bosses is near 20 lines, with a logo with it and now other people are starting to do it.
I'm at the point that I stop talking to people or sending the emails because I hate signatures so much.
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I may have used signatures back in my early Usenet days, but I've been sig-free now for longer than some people on this site have been alive.
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I hate the multi-paragraph corporate disclaimer "signatures" written by lawyers for huge multi-nationals. 
There are two types of people in this world: those that pronounce GIF with a soft G, and those who do not deserve to speak words, ever.
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chriselst wrote: I hate people who cannot be bothered typing their name at the end because they just let the standard sig handle it.
Says the guy with a signature on the bottom of his message that didn't sign his name...
Hogan
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chriselst wrote: I hate people who cannot be bothered typing their name at the end because they just let the standard sig handle it
I don't understand this one : Do you type your name everytime because you do not want to include it in your standard sig ??
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Every time I want to include it, yes, it is 5 characters, doesn't take me long.
Having your name in your sig only is like using a name stamp to sign birthday cards.
It is impersonal, and IMHO more insulting than not signing at all.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I have only my name in my sig, so you would not even tell the difference.
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Where I currently work(leaving at the end of the month), it is company policy that anyone with a PHD has to include either "Dr" at the beginning of their name or PHD after their name.
The rest of us plebs with ordinary bachelor's degrees or (heaven forbid - do you sense my sarcasm?) those who have never been blessed with an academic qualification from a university have nothing after our names.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I do not understand your problem.
Rage, Dr.
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You should insist on GOB [Grumpy Old B'tard] at least 
veni bibi saltavi
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Oi! Less of the 'old' please 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Why don't you like Comic Sans?
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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I've seen other rants against Comic Sans - but the post seemed to be begging for some. Just a taste.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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You didn't sign it.
Dave.
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Don't get me started on signatures. In our company you cannot even fight the bloody disclaimer they put on every email! A one line email is usually 20 lines of signature and disclaimer. Now imagine if a dumb-sh*t dares to reply to all, it get multiplied to eternity and beyond!
I hate email and everything that comes with it, specially when somebody writes back "Thanks". No matter how polite it is, its bullshit. Take the phone or use instant messaging, that's why we have implemented it and pay a shitload of money for stuff that people request but never use.
I'm grumpy too.
Have a nice day
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I agree completely. totally absurd.
Eric Fredericksen
1028 haversham Way
Ypsilanti, MI 48435
email: gmail@ericfredericksen.com
phone: 555-867-5309
fax: 555-867-5310
Teletype Address: MIA00EF
bldg 314 2A-75
Northwest Corner next to fern and water cooler
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And the marketing drones who drive this sort of behavior.
Yes, the reason our company is foundering is because people don't have the same look to their email signatures. Nice analysis, Shemp.
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could not agree with you more
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Hi All,
Just had an interesting Email converstation with a Civil Engineer, Polite Engineer was a term my Mum came up with to decribe my Dad. Surfice to say it is not a general term. 
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And just why do they call them "Civil Servants", when they are neither civil nor servile?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You don't have to be servile to be a servant. Have you never read any Jeeves and Wooster (notice who gets the top billing, by the way!)
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Politeness defined by culture...All civil engineers I know have no culture whatsoever...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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