• I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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    8 months ago

    Whenever someone sends me an important message and I don’t read/respond in time, they call to get my attention so I can do so. My ex used to get mad at me for “ignoring” her for 2h or more and would call. I was just busy doing whatever and ignoring the phone as usual.

    • Dnn@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I hate that. Also in a business setting. By definition a message (be it text, email, whatever) is not urgent. They might be important and of course you shouldn’t leave them unread for days, but for urgency there’s calls.

      • Halosheep@lemm.ee
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        8 months ago

        I always perceive an IM as high but not immediate importance, an email as “get to it when you can”, and phone call as immediate.

        The older people I work with tend to call for email level things.