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> At the office, the cost of me trying to recover my thoughts afterwards is much greater than those two minutes my colleague would have waited for a response.
by ambicapter 11y ago
> At the office, the cost of me trying to recover my thoughts afterwards is much greater than those two minutes my colleague would have waited for a response.
To you. Your colleagues train of thought will be disrupted. I guess you deserve to keep your train of thought because you're smart enough to not have to ask questions.
- RussianCow 11y agoWhen you get used to working remotely (or with people who are remote), I've found you learn to try to avoid being bottlenecked by questions. It doesn't always work, of course, but I think it's an important skill to have either way. And for questions that are urgent enough, a phone/video call is about the equivalent of walking up to someone and asking, and doesn't take any more time. Edit: typo.
- sologoub 11y agoThere is no need for personal attacks when someone is expressing their genuine opinion. Collaboration requires courtesy and both parties should respect each other's train of thought for it to work, regardless of the venue, be it office or remote.
- tzs 11y agoThe colleague's train of thought was already disrupted by stopping what he was doing and walking over to the person he wants to question. Waiting a couple minutes will not be any more disruptive to the colleague.