this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2023
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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel like I encounter this alot at work. Write an email describing the problem, asking for clarification or a decision, and get a response back that seemingly ignores what is being asked with a question that was already answered in the previous email.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And the other classic: Ask 2 questions, eg in an email or even one post here. Clearly marked, with 1. and 2.

You can only ever expect to get back one answer. Comprehension and attention span of a...

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[–] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, on here I will sometimes intentionally cherry pick a single asked question out of several asked, because I’m not at work, and nobody is going to question my performance if I don’t answer the question I don’t give a fuck about.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Username checks out 😆

[–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

So many people like this where I have to repeat myself 3 or 4 times before they understand what I said