57 Ways To Sign Off On An Email | kind regards
Onedaylastfall,mycolleagueMiguelMorales[1]receivedanemailwithasign-offthatwassostrange,ithasstuckinhismindforthelastyear.ItcamefromMelissaGeisler,whoworksindigitalsportsprogrammingandproductionatYahoo[2].BelowGeisler’stitleandabovehercellphonenumberwasthismystifyingquote:“TheBirdisequaltoorgreaterthantheWord,”attributedtosomeonenamed,simply,“scientist.”Withthisandotherstrangesign-offsinmind,MiguelsuggestedItacklethesubjectofhowbesttoconcludeanemail.Ipolledcolleagues,friendsandfourpeopleI’dco...
One day last fall, my colleague Miguel Morales[1] received an email with a sign-off that was so strange, it has stuck in his mind for the last year. It came from Melissa Geisler, who works in digital sports programming and production at Yahoo[2] . Below Geisler’s title and above her cell phone number was this mystifying quote: “The Bird is equal to or greater than the Word,” attributed to someone named, simply, “scientist.”
With this and other strange sign-offs in mind, Miguel suggested I tackle the subject of how best to conclude an email. I polled colleagues, friends and four people I’d consider experts, including Cynthia Lett, 55, a business etiquette consultant in Silver Spring, MD. Below is their combined wisdom and some commentary of my own. I offer four rules and a long list of potential sign-offs.
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But first, Geisler’s quote. S...