If you're texting colleagues, bosses, employees, customers, or vendors, there are a few professional etiquette rules you ... is too casual a medium to give bad news. It's difficult to know what ...

(Watch a local report about teens texting during sex) How bad is our addiction to texting? It's pretty severe, judging by the Retrevo Gagetology Report (a survey of 1,000 people in their 20s).

But when you're texting colleagues, bosses, employees, or clients, it's imperative that you always abide by a specific set of professional etiquette ... Never send bad news via text.

The etiquette around what should be a ... like someone got a bad diagnosis," should not be done over text, Senning says. DON'T MISS: The ultimate guide to becoming a master communicator and ...

Periods, specifically, can alter the tone of a text, says Daniel Post Senning, co-author of "Emily Post's Etiquette: The ...