People who sign letter and emails "Bob and Jenny"

... they do my head in!

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

I have several clients who are couples and when they contact me they sign off as above. In the email it is clear that only one of them is writing it, "I would like", "can I have", etc. They then go on to sign off as "Bob and Jenny".

I find it so annoying. How am I supposed to reply to this? How am I supposed to know which of them I am dealing with?

AFAIAC business email can only come from one person, or perhaps they actually type alternate letters on the keyboard? Does anyone else get annoyed by this or is it just me being a crotchety old B?

[piatkow]

Actually the correct protocol is not to claim a courtesy title. "The name's Bond, James Bond" not "The name's Mr James Bond", but of ocurse that dates from a time when the husband or father dealt with all formal correspondence.

Actually if tradition had been followed there would have been none of this "Ms" stuff at all, Mrs was once applied to all women of a certain age regardless of marital status. (Watch a rerun of Upstairs Downstairs, the unmarried cook was always Mrs Bridges).

[clawler]

What I always get a kick out of is replying to potential customers in Mexico named Jesus. It makes you feel pretty important starting your reply with "Hi Jesus, Thank you for your interest..."

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

I hope you don't say "Hi Jeez us". Isn't it "Haysoos" in Mexico? :)