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Emoticons in the Workplace

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the don't-smile-at-me dept.

Platonic writes "According to the New York Times, the Emoticon has become much more than something the kids do after school. The little guys seem to have found their way into the workforce: being used by stock brokers and even the U.S. Military. From TFA: 'I mean, it's ludicrous," said Ms. Feldman, 25. "I'm not going to feel better about losing hundreds of thousands of dollars because someone puts a frown face to regretfully inform me.'"

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  1. Re:Shocking! by Anonymous+Monkey · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yeah, shocking. My boss, who holds a PhD in finance, and rags on me about my spelling regularly uses lol, brb, and the like. I got an e-mail the other day from an insurance company that contained two :).
    Being of the first generation to grow up with chat rooms, IM and SMS, I find it entertaning that I don't use :) and people older than I do.

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  2. Re:Emotions are not mutually exclusive from work by AKAImBatman · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Here's what I just typed out:
    An... amusing take. :-)

    Now let's see that again:
    An... amusing take.

    And again:
    An... amusing take. :-/

    Once more:
    An... amusing take. :-(

    Interesting how it goes from light, to dry, to wry, to negative, isn't it? ;-)

    FWIW, I was thinking more along the lines of:

    "One of the key issues to understand about Chernobyl is that the media greatly exaggerated the death rate. Make no mistake, there *were* thousands of people who contracted thyroid cancer, but the vast majority were treated and are still alive today. According to the international research body setup to study the effects of Chernobyl, the actual death toll was (thankfully) closer to only a few dozen individuals. :-)"

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