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In a similar vein, I have a couple coworkers who regularly DM me on Slack to ask “Hey, can I ask you a question?” First off, you already have. Second, you kno
by donatj 3y ago
In a similar vein, I have a couple coworkers who regularly DM me on Slack to ask “Hey, can I ask you a question?”
First off, you already have.
Second, you know the answer is yes. Why ask?
Thirdly, you’ve wasted my time and made this potentially asynchronous interaction synchronous. After typing “sure” and hitting enter I am basically entirely guaranteed to sit and wait for your second question because you have already interrupted my thought process and whatever I was doing.
- wizerdrobe 3y agoI’ve never personally been bothered by the ask-to-ask, the reality is I have a 100 WPM typing speed and “Sure, Whaddya got” is muscle memory at this point in life. Pleasantries and social oddities are just part of being a human after all. What bothers me is the folks that ask-to-ask then go ghost for 15 minutes or more. You’ve captured my attention, please capitalize on it! If you’ve broken my concentration and walked away, _that_ is rude.
- squigz 3y agoI don't think the point is effort per se, but rather distractions and context-switching. (Pretty sure most of us can type at or above that speed :)
- sublinear 3y ago> You’ve captured my attention, please capitalize on it! If you’ve broken my concentration and walked away, _that_ is rude. I'd venture to say that's probably caused by a chaotic mess on their end. I don't take this as a judgement of their character unless someone else from their side of the house who is a sibling on the org chart is more disciplined to not do this to me.