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Reuters - Sub-zero temperatures and altitude sickness were bad enough, but a lack of information
about just when a special Olympic flame would start up Mount
Everest made journalists doubly miserable at Base Camp on
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Yesterday, I sent a quick email to let people know what time I was arriving on site. It was something simple like: "Brad will be there at 9:30AM. Thanks! EOM". Within seconds a reply came back "What does EOM mean?" In my smartypants way I responded: "End of message. Used it to save you the time of opening the message and having to reply, which by virtue of you replying has defeated its purpose. Now that I am replying to your reply, it's defeated doubly so." Ultimately, my response was even worse because they thought it was so funny, they forwarded it to half the office. But once your co-workers understand what EOM means, it can save you tons of time and unnecessary email back and forth. To me, EOM means much more than End of Message. It means "good use of time." It means "concise." It means "clarity." But GUOTCC d read more »
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