Business Etiquette Fundamentals

Call me old fashioned. Even though this post is going to date me I can't stop myself from writing it. When I went to elementary school I was taught spelling, grammar and punctuation. Then in middle school I learned the appropriate way to write a business or personal letter. In college I studied business etiquette and ethics in my marketing and advertising classes.

I feel like upcoming generations will not know it is not ok to text in a meeting. They won't truly respect or understand the importance of appropriate sentence structure, good grammar or spelling. U no wat im sayin? LOL!!! How can they learn to read voice tone, non verbal cues and facial expressions when their preferred method of communication is texting? Each generation is more technologically savvy than its predisessor. More is expected of them. They have more demand on their time. They will be far more advanced in so many ways. Yet the come so unprepared because in the business world technology is critical; but it will never replace the human relationship side.