Three little dots. That’s all that they are, just three little dots. However, I can’t figure them out. To give a little background on this conundrum, I received an email today and the sender kept using these dots in-between their sentences. For example:

“I’ll pick up that later…it shouldn’t be a problem. Let’s meet tomorrow to discuss it…3:00 works for me”.

Now traditionally, these dots can be used to indicate that more is to come, cliff-hanger style. For example, the conclusion of a mystery novel “And the killer is…..”. They are also used as a common convention in software such as Microsoft Office to indicate that further action is required. One example of this is the classic “Open…” option. The problem is that I don’t think the above sentence fits into either of these categories.

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Everybody has their pet peeves. For some people, it’s the sound of a pencil tapping repeatedly on the table. For others, it’s the constant sniffling of a nose. Whatever the peeve, it is unbelievably annoying to us. One of my biggest pet peeves happens to be unnecessarily rude email. I just cannot stand it. I’m not talking about somebody sending you an email outright insulting you, I’m talking about those one line emails with no greeting or salutation or any personal touches at all.

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