Michael Arrington’s Manners

May 26, 2010 by Sam

There is a prevailing lack of formality in general in tech and start up companies- as if the old rules don’t work— and many times they do not. But, there are certain things about the “old rules” that do make sense. One of them is the civility in language and discourse in the business environment.  Although I am not one to ever use the “F- bomb”, I have found myself surrounded by people who do on a regular basis- I am not talking about using it in a fit of anger or frustration-I am talking about using it in a Tech Crunch greeting style. Everyone can do what they want but when someone is greeted Tech Crunch style, then anything else said after that needs to be viewed in context. The CEO of yahoo is not excused but at least she was angry when she said it.