alt Hacker NewsWhat an unpleasant attitude. People have emotions. If they're apologizing, maybe they feel bad. Accept it and get on with your day. A punctilious email etiquette isn't going to improve anything.
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The author does not seem to be advocating in favor of punctilious etiquette so much as simply getting the point.
Well, to be honest, for a lot of people, apologizing for late answer is more a social convention or a reflex than real apologies.
The same for : "How are you ?", "I hope this email finds you well" or worse than everything, Emails Greetings embedded into the signature.
I actually really liked the post. I'm often prone to apologizing, thinking that it's a social expectation, and the post made me smile and relax a bit, thinking to myself "oh, maybe it's not that important, and it'll be ok if I don't".
Responding too quickly to emails is the same as responding too quickly to IMs, it will often invite more responding.
I don't know, it seems pretty light-hearted. If they sent this directly to someone in response to an email, then I may agree, but since it's more of just an opinion blog piece, I find this to be a good outlet for thoughts to share without really impacting anyone.