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10. Re: Out of the Blue Jan 26, 2012, 13:53 nin
 
DG wrote on Jan 26, 2012, 13:46:
kanniballl wrote on Jan 26, 2012, 13:16:
99% of these "Now!" requests aren't anywhere near urgent... yet they feel it's urgent enough to stop me on my company-mandated lunch hour.
From experience there appears to be a significant portion of people who do not believe things are done unless they see them being done.

Another group, containing mostly the same people, do not believe anyone who says they will do something, regardless of past history, therefore it must be done "now!".

Another group, again much the same people, think everything they do or require to be done is important and "now!". Occasionally that is because it actually is. But usually these people are just very bad at organising themselves and cannot cope with the extra variable of you.


Honestly, I'm surprised how many of my users expect me to do things over their lunch, like I'm not entitled to lunch at all.

"I go to lunch at 11:30, do you want to come by then?"
"NO."
"Oh..."


 
RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure.

Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...
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