Timeline for Is it rude to email a coworker that I expect him to do something?
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| Jul 14, 2016 at 18:21 | comment | added | Masked Man | @RobM Also, a now moved comment declared that they were highly skeptical that the OP's native language made any difference, thus shutting off the possibility that the OP's statement was born out of a cultural difference. You see, "that statement wouldn't be considered not rude in any language", was not a very nice thing to say. | |
| Jul 14, 2016 at 18:18 | comment | added | Masked Man | @RobM Yeah, but the OP is clearly concerned that the poor communication could be the result of English not being his native language (implying or at least suggesting that his language doesn't consider such direct conversation rude). Some of the highly upvoted answers here ignore that entirely and go straight to scolding the OP for "ordering" his co-worker. It is clear from the OP's post that he wasn't ordering anyone, but some know-it-all decides that he was based on one culture. | |
| Jul 13, 2016 at 18:39 | comment | added | Rob Moir | @MaskedMan of course culture and context are very important, but from what the OP says, there were complaints about their message, which suggests to me that they are at least partially operating in a culture where very direct language is considered rude. This fact probably influenced the answers of the people you describe as know-it-alls. | |
| Jul 13, 2016 at 16:59 | comment | added | Masked Man | +1 The only answer here which addresses the culture difference, as against, rather disappointingly but not unexpectedly, all the other "we know English, we know-it-all" type answers and comments. | |
| Jul 13, 2016 at 4:21 | history | edited | fib112358 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 13, 2016 at 3:46 | history | answered | fib112358 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |