I had an experience of making inappropriate remark in my email once. Luckily, the person I wrote the email to did not make a big deal about it. I was very fortunate.
I'm not sure if you have noticed or not, more and more parents name their girls names that are taken traditionally for boys. For instance, today, more and more girl's names have departed from traditional girlish names, such as Mary or Jane. And more and more parents name their girls, Ryan, Bryan, or Toni...(I personally like it a lot, being a girl myself).
About two years ago, I was sending out my resumes by email to different directors in our institution trying to find a job. I came across a director named Dayle Benson. Intiutively, I began my email by saying: Dear Mr. Benson...
I did not receive any reply from this director...
Months later, I was hired by different person at this department, and came to find out, Dayle was a woman. That totally explained why I didn't get a reply, not to mention that I was so embarassed when I finally met her.
This experience taught me a valuable lesson - double check and do some research before I send out an important email to important people!!
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