Remember that recent thread where someone asked how many people we speak to IRL each day? Here are some of the things I found myself saying to people today:
"Why are you arguing with me when I'm not even disagreeing?"
"So you're saying the longer the meeting, the more effective it is? Why don't we just meet 40 hours a week?"
"It's called Google, people." (When three coworkers engaged in a game of email hot potato because none of them could bother looking up an associate's mailing address.)
"Do you see any room for that in my office?" (When one of the aforementioned lazy emailers tried to palm off a giant ring binder of tablecloth samples in my office. And no, my job has absolutely nothing to do with tablecloths.)
"No, I really don't eat at Domino's or Hungry Howie's." (To coupon book solicitor at the front door, who arrived right after I'd gotten the Special Olympics magazine subscription salesperson off the phone.)
I'm starting to think hermits have it right.
So, who have you had to set straight out today, and how did you do it?
"Why are you arguing with me when I'm not even disagreeing?"
"So you're saying the longer the meeting, the more effective it is? Why don't we just meet 40 hours a week?"
"It's called Google, people." (When three coworkers engaged in a game of email hot potato because none of them could bother looking up an associate's mailing address.)
"Do you see any room for that in my office?" (When one of the aforementioned lazy emailers tried to palm off a giant ring binder of tablecloth samples in my office. And no, my job has absolutely nothing to do with tablecloths.)
"No, I really don't eat at Domino's or Hungry Howie's." (To coupon book solicitor at the front door, who arrived right after I'd gotten the Special Olympics magazine subscription salesperson off the phone.)
I'm starting to think hermits have it right.
So, who have you had to set straight out today, and how did you do it?