It is important, especially when you are first starting out, to always try and make a good impression in front of your boss. Be it doing a job well, dressing appropriately, or just showing eagerness, it could be the difference between a slow or quick progression up the career ladder.
For one employee, it turned out that the pronunciation of one of English language's most basic words was something their superior felt strongly about. And they evidently failed at using it correctly. A post on Reddit came with the headline: 'Boss thinks a simple yeah is the biggest problem'.
Underneath it was a screenshot of a text exchange between the pair that began: "There's a metal pole,that has move to the right. Can you get a 4 or 6 foot ladder, go round the back of bin, and thread this lid back on metal rod,so it fits back on, [sic]" before the employee responded 13 minutes later: "Yeah will do it now".
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However, the boss appeared to take umbrage at the usage of the slang term for 'yes' and replied curtly one minute later: "Please use yes rather than yeah. You are a young professional". The humorous exchange rattled plenty of online users as around 1,200 people responded to the post within 24 hours.
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Many were keen to rip apart the boss's text message to their employee for its overuse of punctuation. One said: "Please use space after a comma, thanks," while another mocked: "He should,also probably,use less,commas. Also,round for,around is,super annoying."
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The backlash continued as a user commented: "I came here to say this. For someone who so concerned about a yeah his writing is atrocious." Someone else noted: "Also the lack of "the" makes it sound like ape speak. You put, metal rod, on lid. Go back, you. Lid."
One person shared their experience with a similar type of boss: "I have a boss kinda like that now... "everyone (except me) should be doing 'thing' every day (except me). If it's not done, it's a write-up (except me)." I'm in a decent position, though... I'm her only cook, sooo... Everyone should be doing this (especially ASM w/16yrs experience). If it's 'everyone except' then you can enjoy your 96hr work-week..."
While the perils of perceived tone when writing a text message was considered by someone else: "Honestly, as someone who has thought about the best ways to reply professionally, yeah seems better than yes as yes is very cold. Sure works better than yeah though. It's also why "Thanks!" is the norm rather than "Thanks," but not before they had taken a dig themselves at the boss: "And use a question mark when asking a question."
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