• superduperpirate@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    It’s for the same bullshit reason that any difference in preferred communication style is always won by the person who responds to an email or text with a phone call. Buddy, if I actually wanted to talk, I would’ve called. It’s not my fault you have the reading ability of a drunk 5 year old.

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      22 hours ago

      A life hack is that you don’t have to answer what I would perseive as an aggressive phone call. Stand you ground and keep the communication in you preferred way.

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        22 hours ago

        You’re not wrong at all, but when it happens at work telling them to stop is tricky depending on where they are in the hierarchy.

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          13 hours ago

          I always just ask people to email what they just said so it’s in writing, so it’s clear, and I have all the details, and it’s on my to do list. Make me look like I’m detail oriented, like I want to please them and do it exactly how they want.

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          22 hours ago

          I know, its hard. I’m dealing with a colleague like this higher in the org. Some are jerks, but I find most people respect the honesty.

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            16 hours ago

            I feel like I’m that jerk 😒. I need a way to leave a not for the guys to work on when they get to work in their morning, long before morning in my time zone. But they don’t do email so I have no choice but to text. Apparently a text is something urgent that they feel like they need to respond to immediately. I can’t win

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              7 hours ago

              Sounds more lika a necessity. I usually clarify that’s it’s an FYI in a case like yours. More formal, but prevents misunderstandings.