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 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?
“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 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 ;)
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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