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Re: Coffee meetings
#2Thanks for posting my article.
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#3Thanks for posting my article.
Sorry, it's really great, and i didn't saw it here.
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#4Re: Coffee meetings
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sorry, it's really great, and i didn't saw it here.
I don't think that Len was being sarcastic. I think what he really meant was, "Thanks for posting my article."
Handy tip: If you want to appear sincere on the internet, use an exclamation point.
"Thanks for posting my article!" doesn't come off sarcastic, even if it overstates your exuberance.
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#6What a timing. Going out to meet someone over coffee. Although I tend to buy coffee for the other person by invitation, "I would love to buy you coffee and chat about xyz".
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't think that Len was being sarcastic. I think what he really meant was, "Thanks for posting my article."
Handy tip: If you want to appear sincere on the internet, use an exclamation point. "Thanks for posting my article!" doesn't come off sarcastic, even if it overstates your exuberance.
I sort of hate to continue this thread, but that is definitely my rule for email. I decided a few years ago that, if it came down to it, I'd rather come across as an over-exuberant (can't think of a polite word for 'idiot') than come across as an asshole. Most of the time, at least.
The upside is that if you add an exclamation point, you can get away with much shorter messages!
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#8oh dear, I started ranting and could not stop - sorry
1. The meeting does have a natural end - when you have finished coffee. Today my accountant gulped half his down in seconds. I took it as a sign.
2. the wifi issue - In the UK Costa is taking on Starbucks but... I have to ask at the till for a unique 30 minute token that I cannot read and has more entropy than a mathematicians kettle. Really guys, I spend a f&!%ing fortune at your place, please just let me google for the three minutes I am standing in line.
3. You cannot do more than say 2 coffee meetings in a day.
4. Food. Look, by 11.30 I am a bit snackish. A biscotti ain't gonna cut it. So that means the poor bugger opposite me needs to watch me feeding my fat face and explaining how Persona will change Identity on line with mozzarella and spinach hanging out between my coffee stained teeth. Not sure where to go with that, just feeling a little self conscious.
5. Going back in. Now that we have finished the coffee, and meandered to the door, how to handle the "well, actually I am going to go and buy a sandwich I was too embarrassed to buy when sitting with you". It just looks weird,
6. stop calling it a loyalty card!!!!
7. I like the baristas. I chat meaninglessly to them. Except when the owner pops in. Suddenly they correctly ask if I want a pastry with that? Do I have a loyalty card. Stop it !
8. Your laptop did not pay for a coffee. Your laptop does not get a table space all to itself. Thats why there are chairs in front of the table - for people to sit at.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't think that Len was being sarcastic. I think what he really meant was, "Thanks for posting my article."
Handy tip: If you want to appear sincere on the internet, use an exclamation point. "Thanks for posting my article!" doesn't come off sarcastic, even if it overstates your exuberance.
A smiley works as well :)
Re: Coffee meetings
#10Thanks for posting my article.
Want to get coffee?