▲ 520 ▼ Me_irl (discuss.online) submitted 1 month ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/me_irl@lemmy.world 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] limdaepl@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) you don’t own my time. That’s my point. If someone writes first and then calls they are wasting my time twice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dustyData@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) The point being that if you have a question and it is not urgent, you could ask by text and I will answer on my time. If it is something complex that merits a conversation, say so and we'll schedule a call when it is convenient for the both of us. If you cold call to inquire something complex and I have something more urgent or important to tend to, you are effectively stealing my entire attention. There's a reason we have asynchronous communication channels. EDIT: This also applies at work, specially at work. I'm being paid to fulfill a set of tasks and achieve a specific goal. Not to suck up the ego of some random colleague who is being paid just as little as me. Unless my job is to literally answer calls at a call center, don't ask to ask, don't ask to call, just ask your fucking question and if it takes a conversation I will be the first one to suggest a time for a call. But don't cold call unless it is an emergency. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) The point being that if you have a question and it is not urgent, you could ask by text and I will answer on my time. If it is something complex that merits a conversation, say so and we'll schedule a call when it is convenient for the both of us. If you cold call to inquire something complex and I have something more urgent or important to tend to, you are effectively stealing my entire attention. There's a reason we have asynchronous communication channels. EDIT: This also applies at work, specially at work. I'm being paid to fulfill a set of tasks and achieve a specific goal. Not to suck up the ego of some random colleague who is being paid just as little as me. Unless my job is to literally answer calls at a call center, don't ask to ask, don't ask to call, just ask your fucking question and if it takes a conversation I will be the first one to suggest a time for a call. But don't cold call unless it is an emergency. permalink fedilink source parent