E-Mail Saves Time, but Being There Says More

Even within the office. If you have something important, I find it best to email the person, then walk to their desk (and get a little exercise in the process) and talk to them. By doing so, you avoid deep vein thrombosis and the person on the other end knows you are interested because you took the time to see them.

I usually visit first, then email to confirm what was said or agreed upon. In most personal communications, a short study of body language can be helpful as long as you do not take it to extremes. I do not use props of any type in my emails.

P E Bobimm

I agree that you should either visit (or phone) first and then confirm in an email.

I think the confirmation is important tho. I woulod never use an emoticon in a business email but for personal email or txts they can be very useful.

Every time I see a or :), I get a little queasy.

In general they are employed by the following people:

• Teenage girls;
• Secretaries;
• Bored government workers.

And Del the Cat who uses them quite effectively

I'm afraid I place emoticons in the same category as overused words like "cool" and "awesome". I invariably think, "Get a vocabulary".