When did undergraduates lose the ability to write a proper email asking for a job? Most emails I get now begin with some variant of "I hope this finds you well." Why include that gratuitous piece of familiarity? What emotion is it supposed to engender in the stranger reading it? I feel like responding, "I hope you take two years off before grad school and learn to mind your own business, you presumptuous puppy!"
Then, of course, they sign it, "With warmest regards" or some ****.
