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My reply is often: I need this to be in writing for possible legal reasons and to show why we approved or disapproved your request. Please use email for official correspondence.

Yes! This so much.

I’m a 71 year-old professional photographer. I’ve Always thought email was just updated telegrams. Texting works for immediate conversations, but if you have a question, call me. In a few minutes I’ll answer it, and we can be done.

It's not just the disappointment that they do not comprehend, but the complete dismissal of the effort you put in.

We have someone who sends a message via Teams and then calls. I stopped taking her calls.

Omfgggggggggggggggggggggg this is my life.

And without asking they pull in 6 other people “who might have some insight on the issue”

I used to have an old phone (preowned and was 8/9yrs old) and the speaker broke so i literally couldnt do phone calls on it. I disclosed this whenever someone tried or asked to phone me. Some got butthurt over it though??? (Starting lying when i got a new phone with the same reasonings)

I just called my local plumbing/HVAC company to speak customer service & got an AI agent. It was a little unnerving at first, but the question was answered & the voice did not register my awkwardness at having to speak on the phone. I am an AI skeptic, but I have to say I am okay with this!

Reply: RTFE {Read the fucking email}

It’s not even an introvert thing. I have no less than 7–12 meetings daily and it’s not sustainable to do that and get anything done, unless working late, which I frequently must

That is sooooo me!

I'm dealing with that today...arg...

Knowing full well that they will never get it

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 so true!

Extroverts: let's schedule a weekly follow-up call on those action items, and to check in on how we're all feeling

ain't that the bane ... its usually local authority I'm sure they hire low IQ people to piss everybody off with the stupid !

Even worse if they want a video call.

Every time.

Gosh I’ve had 3 calls today and I’m spent 🫠🫩

Or, even worse, they just call you directly with no warning.

That call is going straight to voicemail.

Truth

"No."

There was an issue at work where a different team kept asking me why a task was stalled. I said "this is why". They asked again. I said "per my previous email" then rephrased it. They asked again, so I referred them to my boss. He said "He already explained it. You are being disrespectful." JUSTICE

I have answered their question in the meeting with "Please read my response before inviting me to meetings about an issue. I explained the problem and potential solution in the email better than I can here." My boss was in the meeting. He told them I was right, and they needed to reread my email.

*throwing (ffs!)

💯

Or the call goes to voicemail. You explain everything that needs communicating. Then they call back later without listening to it so you have to explain all over again.