William HamiltonPlease stop hoping that your e-mail finds me well. That phrase is a lazy and abominably insipid way of raising a great big billowing red flag to signal that by the time I finish reading your e-mail, I will *not* be.
@Tutanota That line is nothing but a thoughtless and insipid signal to your correspondents that by the time they finish reading your e-mail, they will be anything *but* well. #BusinessCommunications101
@waldoj I teach people *never* to start their correspondence with “I hope this [LETTER/E-MAIL/SMOKE SIGNAL/WHATEVER] finds you [WELL/IN GOOD HEALTH/IN FINE FETTLE/WHATEVER]” because that phrase is a lazy and insipid way of signalling that by the time the recipients finish reading that correspondence, they will most certainly *not* be [WELL/IN GOOD HEALTH/IN FINE FETTLE/WHATEVER], and will most likely regret ever opening that correspondence. #BusinessCommunications101
Never start your business correspondence with “I hope this [e-mail/letter/message/whatever] finds you [well/in good health/in high spirits/whatever]”.
All it does is assure your recipients that by the time they finish reading what you’ve sent them, they *won’t* be.
Text: “I hope this e-mail finds you well.”
Subtext: “Once you read past this line, you won’t be.”