Interesting post. I work with the Navy and we are mandated to add “Respectfully” “Very Respectfully” or in short, R/name and V/R name, at the end of emails. We have a scripted email tag line with a V/R. However, some of the emails I receive are NOT respectful at all. Missing the point…if you send an email that is not respectful, but throw a V/R in, does it make it respectful? It is about context, and the “please” is merely a formality without substance.
