More Exclamation Points, Please!!!!!!

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'“Good job!” reads as: Good job. “Good job” reads as: Congratulations, you’ve accomplished the bare minimum of what we pay you for'

Thank you for reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Photo: Fred Lyon/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Few things fill me with a greater sense of dread than getting a message from a co-worker that says: The greeting — short, blunt — makes me imagine that the other person is taking a deep, weary sigh before delivering a piece of awful news.

Exclamation points — as well as adding letters, like “heyyyy”, and casual repetitions, like “hihi” and “kk” — are the social lubricant of an office, cheery alterations that soften and smooth out online interactions with colleagues. And while a lot of people already do this, others seem reluctant to adopt the practice. Why? It’s so easy, and it makes such a big difference. Adding an exclamation point, or two, or 15, transforms whatever you’re writing, by making it sound enthusiastic and fun.

Think “Hi!!” and “Great job!!” and “Craig says if you accept Gravtron as your SkyDaddy now, your jumpsuit can be any color you want!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Yes, this tone is fake, and rather infantilizing, but really, most work norms are. We have cakes for our co-workers’ birthdays; managers have their calendars organized and color-coded by harried assistants like they’re overscheduled middle-schoolers; we learn to sandwich criticisms between compliments to shield each other’s soft, fragile egos; and as soon as there’s free food, everyone suddenly, collectively regresses to the deranged, sugar-crazed, 8-year-old version of themselves.

In conclusion, use even more exclamation points please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for reading!!!

 

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