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[-] Amilo159@lemmy.world 79 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not just professors, some engineers do that as well as it annoys the hell out of others.

Like, I asked you a detailed question with 3 issues, all numbered and requiring separate feedback and you reply me with "Sounds about right to me".

Like gtfo.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago

If I ask more than one question, and someone answers one of them, my opinion of their intellect drops considerably. From that point forward I will communicate with them like a child, and written communications will take 5x longer because messages have to be restricted to one question max.

[-] kubica@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago

And now you have to pick up your flipped table from the ground.

[-] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I had a manager more than once that responded with "y" for affirmative and "I'm ignoring you" was no. One of those guys said if he didn't get back to you in am hour resend or track him down because he didn't read "below the fold" in his inbox (this was when we used email for everything).

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's hilarious... by "below the fold" do you mean anything outside the message preview, example:

Smith, John

Re: Discussion with Client A

Hi Mike, I wanted to hear your thoughts on...

[-] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If he had to hit "page down" in the Inbox folder to see your email, he wasn't going to see it.

He owned the business and it was right at the tail end of that time when if you wanted a web site you had to deal with some guys who were probably taking you for a ride, didn't care about customer service, and charged based on their mood that day. Having lived through that brief era, I am glad it's in the rear view. I didn't like treating customers like that and did my best to not do so!

[-] uis@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Should have used simple "Yes" instead

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