I'm not going to deny I've sent one too many a "thank you" via text or email... even though each time I do, it leaves a sick, guilty feeling in my stomach. Anna Wintour would NOT approve... along with Emily Post or even Jimmy Fallon...
{image via NY Times}
"A text message just doesn't cut it, Ms. Madden said, for the simple reason that conveying emotion in digital formats is a lost cause. Somehow thickets of exclamation points, ALL CAPS shouts, loaded acronyms and chirpy emoticons cannot approach the freight of feeling conveyed on a scrap of paper with words scratched on it by hand..." - The Found Art of Thank-You Notes via The New York Times
"A text message just doesn't cut it, Ms. Madden said, for the simple reason that conveying emotion in digital formats is a lost cause. Somehow thickets of exclamation points, ALL CAPS shouts, loaded acronyms and chirpy emoticons cannot approach the freight of feeling conveyed on a scrap of paper with words scratched on it by hand..." - The Found Art of Thank-You Notes via The New York Times
Officially on the "to-do" list... new stationery.
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