Neither. Usually clients. However, it’s still quite frightening to realise I’ve begun an email with, “Dear Satan”, or with the more familiar, “Hi Satan”.
Like Tom with his software ‘licneses’ I’ve spent years typing ‘installanio’ instead of ‘installation’.
Not if you work in software it isn’t. We had an IT guy who decided to correct this for us many years ago. So our customers would download the software, install it, get a “license locking code” which had to be emailed to licence_info@ourcompany.com and then receive a license file back… You wouldn’t believe the mayhem it caused.
Max Power: “Kids, there’s three ways to do things: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power way!” Bart: “Isn’t that the wrong way?” Max Power: “Yeah, but faster!”
Not if you work in software it isn’t. We had an IT guy who decided to correct this for us many years ago. So our customers would download the software, install it, get a “license locking code” which had to be emailed to licence_info@ourcompany.com and then receive a license file back…
I quite often end emails with “Mikie” instead of Mike – it’s not a name I’ve ever used with anyone, esp at work 😳 but the main trouble is that I never notice it until the exact moment I press send 🙄