Though, when a project truly is a collaboration with another colleague, I do use "we".
What is your preference? I'd love to hear why one is better than the other for you.
My business is too small to use "we" effectively. If I hired out more, and could handle a river of work, I'd be comfortable using "We".
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Still awake at 3:30am…. Go. To. Sleep. +Jean Egan. Yes. This is me yelling at you through the interwebz.
hehehe! Awe, thanks Daaaad! 😉
Hey, I'm getting through emails and work that I haven't had time or energy to get to before this. (That, and I had coffee at 3 pm…)
Oh, and why are you up so late, Mr. Matt? 🙂
Um…. it's only 1:30 here?
Yeah, I got nothing…
hehe!
Still awake here, almost 3 and I still need to shower!
In our business, I say I if it's a customer I don't mind dealing with. If it's someone who I would rather not talk to again and prefer one of my fellow coworkers take over, I'll say we or us.
For example, "Certainly, we can help you with that. The next time you're in, just speak to one of us and we'll take care of it." means Go away, I'm done with you.
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Hah, that's awesome, +boo Jay! I'll have to adopt that 😉
(I went to sleep about 45 minutes before your message. FINALLY. Damn caffeine.)
I finally dozed off around 2.5 hours after my message! o.O
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Speaking from a customer's perspective, the single biggest thing about hearing "I" is that it tells me someone is taking personal responsibility for what s/he says, rather than laying a groundwork for blaming someone else if it doesn't get done right.
Or in other words, I like to hear "I", as long as it's something I know is a single-person task.
+Sallie Alys Montuori that's why I use that pronoun responsibly 😉
Good point, Sallie! Taking responsibility is a good thing!