I have a routine

[Snoopy]

Each day I set aside time to check and answer emails, I follow this by opening my snail mail and answering any of that which requires a reply.

Why do people phone me to ask if I had their email?

If I have not yet got round to my post for the day then I haven't seen it and if I have attended to my post before they sent the email I'll not read it until tomorrow.

Once it has been read and considered I will reply and no amount of calling me will change that ..... if it was that urgent why not phone in the first place?

My postman delivers between 12.30 and 13.00 each day. That is when I will deal with all mail, be it paper or electronic.

B@st@rds! 


When gainfully employed I used to hate "meetings" as they were, without exception, unproductive. As a salesman I earned money by selling my employer's services not by sitting in a meeting with ten other salesmen so any time not spent either in front of a client or seeking out new clients was a waste of my time. I learned then the value of rationing my time. Post would be dealt with at a specified time, taking due account of the secretarial availability and the time at which the Royal Mail collected from the reception. I can see no reason why email cannot be dealt with in the same manner.

Just how much time is wasted stopping whatever you are doing to answer fatuous email enquiries that could just as easily be dealt with during either the first or the last hour of the working day?

[The Moan Ranger]

Get a BlackBerry - you can even answer them in bed, or like me now - in the pub ;-)

[The Moan Ranger]

P.S.  On the subject of routine, I received and odd text message today from a number I do not know - the text simply said "Email  b*****latyahoodotcom".

This does not fit into my routine of knowing all my contacts etc. etc.

Is this some sort of scam?

[tel]

They're using a Blackberry from a pub, but have consumed more than you. 

[Snoopy]

Get a BlackBerry - you can even answer them in bed, or like me now - in the pub ;-)

The point was/is that I do not want to stop whatever I am doing to deal with "You have mail" and am annoyed by people who send an email and if I fail to respond within what THEY feel is a reasonable time scale (usually ten minutes at most) they phone me to say "Did you get my email/text?"

If they are so unsure of the technology as to not trust it to deliver their poxy message then don't use it. If they need an immediate response then 'phone me. If, as is usual, they are bored then they can fecking wait 'cos I am busy!

[Darwins Selection]

Get a BlackBerry - you can even answer them in bed, or like me now - in the pub ;-)

The point was/is that I do not want to stop whatever I am doing to deal with "You have mail" and am annoyed by people who send an email and if I fail to respond within what THEY feel is a reasonable time scale (usually ten minutes at most) they phone me to say "Did you get my email/text?"

If they are so unsure of the technology as to not trust it to deliver their poxy message then don't use it. If they need an immediate response then 'phone me. If, as is usual, they are bored then they can fecking wait 'cos I am busy!

I take your point my old dog, but it bears thinking about the urgency and immediacy of a phone call which can be much more pressing and intrusive than an e-mail.

Anyone who phones to demand an instant e-mail reply will join the DS list for 'first against the wall come the revolution'.  

[Nick]

You are going to need a very long wall 

[Bar Wench]

I tend to be vague and say oh did you, well I shall get to that shortly then. 

As for meetings, I was never really involved with them before, but now. My word what an utter waste of time they are!

[Just One More]

Have you had meetings about meetings yet 

[Miss Demeanour]

Pre meetings are the total bloody pits