Me emailing partners at work:
2 hours of writing
Get 3 people to check it
Send a draft to myself & my manager to proofread

Partners replying:
"approved
Sent from my iPhone"

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Posting as :
works at
You are currently posting as works at

At least they said approved and not the super cryptic ‘ok’!!!

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You must have done a good job writing the email

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Haha

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