• @[email protected]
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    502 months ago

    another thing, don’t append everything with “It’s very urgent we need it fixed now” because you’ll get put in the not listen to list

    • Angry_Autist (he/him)
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      282 months ago

      There are probably less than 5 emails in our internal helpdesk queue this month that WEREN’T marked as urgent.

      Urgent problems this month include: ‘The glare from my kitchen window washes out my laptop screen’, ‘How do I change the color of my folders icon?’ and ‘Client reports hearing faint mumbling from their org’s landing page’

      I handled the last one personally, she had a forgotten tab with a looping podcast playing on very low for the last few days.

      When EVERYTHING is urgent, NOTHING is urgent.

      • @[email protected]
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        122 months ago

        “will the company go out of business if this isn’t fixed in the next hour?”

        Litmus test for urgency

      • @ForesterOP
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        2 months ago

        Since you did not yet make a reply to me, I’m going to reply to this chain to prompt you to reply quicker. Please do the needful urgently

      • Em Adespoton
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        62 months ago

        I love that phrase. Because it lets me decide what’s needful. Sometimes it’s my lunch or catching up on the news.

        • Angry_Autist (he/him)
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          12 months ago

          I like it because it’s short and to the point. At first it grated on me but now I use it myself unironically on occasion.