I set that as my status in Teams along with a little message “Please don’t just say hi. I might not see your follow up” and checked the box to make it show on chats. It’s definitely helped. Also got someone to complain that I was ignoring them, but they just said “hi” and nothing else so my boss sided with me that they were wasting my time without actually asking a question.
i second that. but in phone calls from colleages i hate the “hey, got a moment?” too. i wouldn’t have answered otherwise, or i might have told you i would call you back in a few minutes within my first line?
I used to work in a office where everyone has a phone on their desk, and the only person who used it was management. Everyone else used the internal slack.
Then one year during a feedback session, someone asked how much the phones cost per month, and a bunch of management defended their use of it. While all the employees called it wasteful spending. Then they tried to call our personal number, and that led to talks of unionizing.
And that’s how we got rid of phones. No union though unfortunately.
“I was just watching an ad and thinking how much I wished the ad and I could have a conversation. Because I just don’t spend enough time with advertisements. If only they were interactively read off of a script that responded awkwardly to any of my responses. My brain isn’t quite completely rotted yet, and I almost had a little bit of free time. Also, I was thinking how my cell phone’s battery was far too high, and hoping I could whittle it down somehow. So, yes, now is the perfect time for you to be an interactive ad!”
I tell people to ask first before calling, because it’s just polite. otherwise they may not get a response
the only people who can call without notice are my boss and the owner, and even then, if you want me in a good mood and to be prepared for whatever project you’re gonna ask about that I haven’t thought about in months, it’ll go better if you just ask if I have time to talk about xyz
some people don’t get it. and those people get to sit there on the line while I bring up the project files in silence
“can I just tell you what’s going on-”
“no. because then I’ll have questions about your shitty description. so we’re gonna wait here until I have the information open for what you’re asking about so we’re not playing tag later”
https://nohello.net/
I set that as my status in Teams along with a little message “Please don’t just say hi. I might not see your follow up” and checked the box to make it show on chats. It’s definitely helped. Also got someone to complain that I was ignoring them, but they just said “hi” and nothing else so my boss sided with me that they were wasting my time without actually asking a question.
i second that. but in phone calls from colleages i hate the “hey, got a moment?” too. i wouldn’t have answered otherwise, or i might have told you i would call you back in a few minutes within my first line?
“Not anymore.” Click.
I used to work in a office where everyone has a phone on their desk, and the only person who used it was management. Everyone else used the internal slack.
Then one year during a feedback session, someone asked how much the phones cost per month, and a bunch of management defended their use of it. While all the employees called it wasteful spending. Then they tried to call our personal number, and that led to talks of unionizing.
And that’s how we got rid of phones. No union though unfortunately.
I often answer even when I don’t have a moment since I don’t know how urgent it is or if I get something more urgent. So “you got a minute?”
“Not really”
relatable. our department just doen’t have that many urgencies ;)
“Is now a good time?” before a sales pitch
“I was just watching an ad and thinking how much I wished the ad and I could have a conversation. Because I just don’t spend enough time with advertisements. If only they were interactively read off of a script that responded awkwardly to any of my responses. My brain isn’t quite completely rotted yet, and I almost had a little bit of free time. Also, I was thinking how my cell phone’s battery was far too high, and hoping I could whittle it down somehow. So, yes, now is the perfect time for you to be an interactive ad!”
That’s fine. I don’t see what’s wrong with that.
“Hey, I’d like to talk a bit about Project X. Is now a good time?”
I tell people to ask first before calling, because it’s just polite. otherwise they may not get a response
the only people who can call without notice are my boss and the owner, and even then, if you want me in a good mood and to be prepared for whatever project you’re gonna ask about that I haven’t thought about in months, it’ll go better if you just ask if I have time to talk about xyz
some people don’t get it. and those people get to sit there on the line while I bring up the project files in silence
“can I just tell you what’s going on-”
“no. because then I’ll have questions about your shitty description. so we’re gonna wait here until I have the information open for what you’re asking about so we’re not playing tag later”
this is my status message. usually I don’t have it showing by default, but when somebody does this I toggle it lol
I swore there was a version that was a lot more aggressive and in your face.
This is the one I know. It’s more catchy too https://dontasktoask.com/
That’s the one! @Evotech@lemmyworld.com fyi
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