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>A few days? People get upset if you haven't replied in an hour. I've solved this problem by always taking forever to answer e-mails. If it's important, people
by rtpg 13y ago
>A few days? People get upset if you haven't replied in an hour.
I've solved this problem by always taking forever to answer e-mails. If it's important, people just call me.
Whether this is good or not is questionable, however.
- naiyt 13y agoMy problem is then I'll get too many phone calls. And for me, a phone call is more disruptive to my workflow then an email. Then again, that's probably just because I dislike talking on the phone in general.
- laichzeit0 13y agoI solved this problem too. People know that I hardly ever answer my phone either, unless you arranged to call me. If it's important, leave a voicemail with a reason why you called not just some "call me back" contextless shit. By "arranged to call me" I mean sending me an email and asking if you can call and at what time. I check mail about 3 times a day. We really new to get over this instant communication fad. It's counterproductive.
- rtpg 13y agoTalking to people is "instant communication" and we've been doing that for a while. There are things that can get resolved literally 100 times faster by talking than by e-mail or text or whatever. Not everything requires that urgency, but back-and-forth in e-mail can end up being a huge time sink for both parties.