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Please don’t lobby for standards of social behavior that substantially disadvantage the majority to save a little awkwardness for a minority. I want people to
by satisfice 4y ago
Please don’t lobby for standards of social behavior that substantially disadvantage the majority to save a little awkwardness for a minority.
I want people to ping me. I don’t mind “hello” in chat. It makes sense. It is a stand-in for dropping by my desk.
If I were working with you I would be very willing to accommodate your anxiety. But what you’re doing here is implying that we all want to shut down casual real-time chatting (wherein I don’t want to say anything of substance unless I know my correspondent is present).
- drewcoo 4y agoEven if it's not about anxiety, why waste people's time and attention with needless messages? At the very least it's as rude as constantly being late for meetings - a sign that the late-comer doesn't value the other people involved.
- choko 4y agoI rather appreciate a nice hello and a little chat before someone drops a big request on me. It makes my coworkers seem human and gives me a nice break. If I'm too busy for that, I politely let the other person know that I'm too busy for smalltalk.