Casual Writing: Impact on Professional Communication

“LOL” and “BRB” are common uses of words that we utilize in our communication. These phrases create a simplicity to our writing and provide enough information to convey our point. While this form of communication would get straight to the point in a general conversation, it is certainly unprofessional in a different perspective. With supporting texts from “The Joy of Texting” by Lynne Truss and “I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why” by Kyle Wiens, they defined clearly that these types of casual writing can ultimately become detrimental in our professional careers. As casual writing has greatly expand towards our daily lives, we should ask ourselves whether this informal writing is affecting our professional lifestyle. With

However, this has greatly hindered our writing in the professional standpoint. With the ability to write simple phrases with poor grammar and quick, abbreviated words, casual writing established itself as another problem for individuals. In some instances, texting has been constantly used incorrectly where one friend told Truus that he “CANT BELIEVE U PUT APOSTROPHE IN HAIRDRESSERS”(Truss 496). During the text, he emphasized on the apostrophe in hairdressers. Although using an apostrophe is unnecessary, it is certainly important in a professional career. Even throughout the text, he did not write out you, but instead wrote it as an “U”. As a result, this short message can carry over to his writing and may appear in future resume and cover letter from habit. Even with the constant reminders to write correctly, individuals continue to write in short messages as they have grown slothful to write longer text. Even then, these habits carry over to their work and as depicted in Wiens’s company, individuals “can’t distinguish between “to” and “too” (Wiens 500). Due to an overuse of writing short texts, employers cannot distinguish simple phrases that would be otherwise taught in an elementary school class. In order to write professionally, it is important to constantly remind ourselves to write grammatically correct during any leisure activities. From there,

Sometimes, these thoughts may be viewed differently from other individuals. For example, our class was writing poorly in class and missed basic grammatical errors. This event led to an outburst by our professor expressing signs of disappointment. During his harsh lecture, the professor told us that it was a lack of disrespect towards the writer to have careless work as it showed an attitude towards the audience. As illustrated, writing in an informal way can often be interpreted as an attitude towards an employer. As stated by Wiens, writing is “ a projection of you of your physical absence”(Wiens 500) making any of one’s words significant. With no other form of seeing the individuals, employers can only understand the individuals through their papers. For other instances, Truss has explained that texting has created a form of disrespect in company. In the text, Truss stated that individuals “composing a quick reply while in company is likewise quite rude”(Truss 497), yet these actions continue to be a standard norm. While that is often disrespectful during a family dinner or with friends, it is sadly a normal occurrence. To eventually avoid these situations, individuals need to learn to write and present themselves in an amiable manner. Consequently, these actions should improve the focus on the type of writing presented towards anyone so that it presents itself as