November 11, 2020

What Your Email REALLY Says

Share the goods.

At 8THIRTYFOUR, we pride ourselves on being straight forward. We almost always mean what we say and say what we mean. However, this blog is for those who are terrible at identifying passive aggressiveness. Not all of us can be as blunt as team 8THIRTYFOUR.
We’re taking a look at some of the most common email phrases and how they really come across.

Per my last email

Someone didn’t read the email. This is a stern way of saying, “Please stop, go back and read the email, and let’s all try again.” It’s so legendarily passive aggressive, you can find merch with this saying on it all over the place.

Thanks in advance

We are assuming you will stop what you’re doing and start doing our favor. So, we’ll thank you now. The choice has been made for you.

Looping back around on this

Um…hi. Remember us? We think “looping back around” feels better than assuming someone FORGOT ABOUT US. We’d hate to think you’d blatantly ignore us. Anyways, a simple yes or no on this will help us do our job.

As stated below

Please let us know if you’re having a hard time reading the correspondence because we 100% told you this already. But let us try saying in a slightly different way, just in case that helps.

Ha!

We can’t always say LOL or LMAO. We’ve gotta shake things up a bit. You pay us to be entertaining. Also, there are several of us who are terrible at determining decrypting the acronyms (it’s Kim. Just Kim).

Best

This might be our favorite way to end an email. What the hell does that even mean? Are you the best? Are we the best? We’re so confused.
Did we miss any? Share them with us in the blog comments. We’re itching to write a part 2. Also, reach out to us for a very genuine, not passive aggressive, conversation.

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Kim was in Washington, D.C., this past week for #AUSA2026 - three days where Army leaders, industry partners, and the defense community come together for innovation, insight, and connection.

We can’t wait to hear some of her takeaways. Stay tuned for more soon.

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A little rain didn’t slow @bodespeaks down.

Kim was in Washington, D.C., this past week for #AUSA2026 - three days where Army leaders, industry partners, and the defense community come together for innovation, insight, and connection.

We can’t wait to hear some of her takeaways. Stay tuned for more soon.

@ausaorg #DefenseIndustry #Leadership #AUSA

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Don’t wear color. Don’t share your ideas. Don’t put yourself out there. Don’t talk about your family.

We’re told to follow them, but @bodespeaks says question every single one. Then uncover your big hairy audacious goal, throw out the rulebook, and build a personal brand that actually works for you.

Thank you to Aggie and Cristy for having Kim on the @badass_women_in_business Podcast and, well... for being total badasses.

Listen to the full episode in bio.

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We had some fun in the office this week and asked some of the 8THIRTYFOUR team what “square up” means.

Surprisingly, the Gen Z of the group got it, but one of our Gen X’s did not (not saying any names…)

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We had some fun in the office this week and asked some of the 8THIRTYFOUR team what “square up” means.

Surprisingly, the Gen Z of the group got it, but one of our Gen X’s did not (not saying any names…)

How do you “square up”?

#trending #fyp #squareup #agencylife

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It’s not your typical event or coworking space - and we like it that way. The lighting, colors, wallpaper, layout, and yes, the dogs, are all very intentional.

If you need a spot to host your offsite team training, leadership quarterly, photo shoot (dogs can be included), or you just need a space to network or cowork - reach out.

We got the goods:
- A sweet sound system
- State-of-the-art digital whiteboard
- A really big T.V. Like it’s big.
- Your own private entrance
- Free parking
- A dog (or two) if you ask nicely

Drop us a line at hello@8thirtyfour.com or click the link in bio to rent the Hub today.

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The 834 Learning Hub is where we throw fun shindigs, where cool people come to work, where Big Deal Energy gathers, and where we push you to get uncomfortable.

It’s not your typical event or coworking space - and we like it that way. The lighting, colors, wallpaper, layout, and yes, the dogs, are all very intentional.

If you need a spot to host your offsite team training, leadership quarterly, photo shoot (dogs can be included), or you just need a space to network or cowork - reach out.

We got the goods:
- A sweet sound system
- State-of-the-art digital whiteboard
- A really big T.V. Like it’s big.
- Your own private entrance
- Free parking
- A dog (or two) if you ask nicely

Drop us a line at hello@8thirtyfour.com or click the link in bio to rent the Hub today.

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The girls deserve to know what’s coming (perimenopause shouldn’t be a surprise party nobody wanted). And the boys? They’ll be partners, dads, coworkers, and bosses to women going through all of it.

Thank you, Dr. May, for sharing your best practices to keep the women’s health conversation going at our Uncomfortable Conversations | The Pause event.

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We love Dr. Karen May’s mission.

What if we taught our daughters AND our sons about women’s health, hormones, and pregnancy? Not as a whispered “talk” or a one-time awkward conversation. Just normal dinner-table stuff.

The girls deserve to know what’s coming (perimenopause shouldn’t be a surprise party nobody wanted). And the boys? They’ll be partners, dads, coworkers, and bosses to women going through all of it.

Thank you, Dr. May, for sharing your best practices to keep the women’s health conversation going at our Uncomfortable Conversations | The Pause event.

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