workaday Wednesday

[marcicat]

This was an actual conversation I had with a coworker.

Me: “I’m sending a question about [project] to another team — do you want me to copy you on the email?”

Coworker: “I know about [project]. What’s the question?”

Me: [painstakingly explains the question, the backstory, and the potential consequences of various answers]

Coworker: “You should ask the other team about that.”

Me (already knew that, which is why I was emailing them in the first place): “Okay. Do you want me to copy you on the email?”

Coworker: “That team is really the one in charge of making decisions about [project].”

Me: “Right. Do you want me to copy you on the email?”

Coworker: “No, you don’t need to.”

Coworker (30 seconds later): “If you’re going to email the other team about that question, could you copy me on it?”

Me: “…Sure.”

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Comments

[alexseanchai]

I mean I sympathize with Coworker here—"Hey Alex, can you do X for me?" "Sorry, didn't catch that?" "Hey Alex, can—" and that's where the content of X makes it out of the auditory processing module—but yeah, that sounds frustrating for you

[marcicat]

That is an excellent perspective -- I will try to keep that in mind. Thank you!