I agree that if it's an internal memo or text message, who cares, but when a company puts out advertising or sends me something via email or I see it on a webpage and the grammar and spelling aren't correct, my first impression is: "you're an idiot and I don't want to do business with you" because quite frankly, if they can't spell and I'm doing business with them, I'd hate to think their math is as bad when it comes time to bill me!
Ox, I completely understand. In a business setting you expect individuals to speak at a certain level of cohesiveness. Sadly there are a lot of schools that are basically dealing with problems that should of been dealt with at lower levels of the education system. For example:
High school teachers always complain that their students are not well versed with correct grammatical skills. Apparently, middle school didn't teach them well enough. Take it a step back:
Middle school teachers always complain that their students are not well versed with sentence structure with the result of a sentence that doesn't make sense. Another step back:
Elementary school teachers always complain that their students are not well versed with spelling. Its ALWAYS something. Now with the introduction of text messaging, people will create new variations of words to get the same point across.
And that's all it is, trying to get the point across in less time. This doesn't work too well in a business standpoint, and there is really only two options you have. You either do business with them or you don't. That simple. For me, I usually call a company when I am looking for prospects to buy. If they do not treat me properly, I won't buy from them and thats all there is. Same can go with doing business. We expect people in a business to have at least some good communication skills, whether it is via e-mail correspondence or through the phone. Whether that is a deciding factor if you will do business with them is a moral and ideological standpoint that is different for everyone.
I might have to speak with a surfer dude just to get a job done, but if I know I can trust the pricing and customer service of the company, I probably will forgo the abnormalities of talking to this one guy in order to get the type of quality I need. A big thing about that is trying to start and maintain relationships with companies that you trust. And that's really all there is to it.
If these are people who are in management positions in your company, well then I'm not sure what to tell ya. If they sign your check, I'd just smile and nod if their "I has grat ideaz guyz! I wich to setup meetins'!!!!!!" goes up for a spin. If they don't, you might make it a note to not piss them off.
