The worst is when someone looks at your calendar and sees 12-1 as the only free time and schedules you at 12. Do you mind if I eat?
I decline meetings I don't want to go to but I don't send a response to who scheduled it so when I don't show up it's a surprise
My boss is always really booked up right now and got so frustrated with people doing this to him that he finally put a recurring lunch appointment on his schedule so people wouldn't keep booking his lunches for meetings all the time. Word got out that this was what was on his calendar at noon everyday and people started double booking it lol
I had a female colleague once write me to say she was offended by my use of “Hi guys” in emails that she was included in.
My former “boss” updated her LinkedIn a while back after someone on another team she helped with changed genders. It now says some shit like I lead a team of ethnicity, gender, identity, and orientation diverse team. She also addressees every female individually and by name, but never males. Except Katelyn, now Kameron. It’s a little much for the workplace.
I’m working on a project with verbiage like pink zone, red zone, brown zone, etc. Get to the office this morning to an email that says “Two goes to the pink and one to the brown.” I’m trying to figure out how to fit the word shocker into my reply.
@ Ty - do this @ Bill - what’s that? I also need to know if this thing is a thing. Can @ Dana check that for me? outlook tagging is the worst.
On a conf call about these colored zones... Guy 1: The brown zone is the least trusted. That’s where a lot of the garbage comes from and can sometimes get pretty volatile. The pink zone is much cleaner and where we want to be primarily. Guy 2: I do most of my work in the brown zone. I like the unpredictability.
I had a 2-day offsite. I stopped counting at 87 buzzwords, and it was only 9:30am on Day 1 about revolutionizing our industry.
The colored zones are different network segments and/or collocations. The first email was about missing fiber cabling and the conference call conversation detailed who does what work and where.
We're setting up our next User Group for our customer base and our CEO sends out an email today with his thoughts on who he wants to attend: "The purpose of these meetings is to cultivate customers that are going to expand usage.........and be true “oracles” for us in the public domain.
It sounds dismissive and condescending to me. Esp when they slavishly use it as their only sign off in a multi-exchange
It’s also gross. Hey TC , Thanks! Signature block Sometimes I put Thanks! racer Over my signature to show I actually meant it.
Stop projecting your insecurities onto me. What if I genuinely wish you the best? Sincerely seems more condescending to me.
It would be hilarious to open and close emails with lyrics or quotes from the same person, movie, show or whatever. Hello from the other side, Important stuff I wish nothing but the best for you, Boo MFer!
Here I go again on my own: The meeting is at 3. I hope to see you there. Walking down the only road I've ever known, TC
well you're violating MY email signature that orders you to not print out your damn emails and to think of the trees
OP, Step up your email game. Go to Outlook and have Clippy help you choose 3-5 interesting email backgrounds. Make sure to choose one that stands out like Red. Last thing you're gonna need is an antivirus upgrade, because all the bitches gonna be sending you spam. Good luck