Whats rustling your jimmies?

Aldarion said:

Things that rustle my jimmies: the assumption that no one is actually away from their email

I log in a couple times a day. The rest of the time I am logged the fuck out. Doctors, firefighters, and drug dealers are on call. Fuck that right in its ear

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fred sanford said:

Went to the doctor for a shoulder problem. They did an X-ray and said it was fine. They gave me a list of physical therapy exercises to do. He also gave me an order for an MRI to get in case the physical therapy didn’t work. That way i wouldn’t have to come in for an extra visit for him to just say, go get an MRI. I end up booking the MRI, but they call me the day before to say insurance denied it because I didn’t get a post physical therapy follow with the doctor. So now I have to waste more time and money just to have the doctor say “yep, go get the MRI”.

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Hoss said:

Keyboard on my laptop, the function keys (F1-F12) do double duty for other things like muting the mic, changing brightness, etc. The problem is, to use the F keys, you have to hit the function button at the same time instead of the other way round. Fuck that shit, I use F5 refresh more than all the other options combined. There's one F key with nothing else tied to it and it's F9. What the fuck does F9 even do? I need F4 and F5 to be easy to access. F9 might be the key you use to bring up the boot settings. OK fine so I need 3 of them.

Another one. Auto reply out of office emails. Look, nobody gives a flying fuck that you aren't currently chained to your desk. Especially when you're the 10th CC on an email going out to a huge list. No one is ever actually away from their email anymore. At least those auto replies have gotten smart enough to only send the message once.

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Sylas said:

Maximum Jimmies rustling.

Faggot lazy fucks who normally take a week or longer to respond to any email so why bother putting up an out of office just because they are on vacation for a week are fucking scum of the earth and need to be shot.

If your job is so inconsequential that you can get away with not using an out of office and nobody minds you taking hours/days to get back to them means you work a bullshit make-work job that shouldn't exist and you need to be dragged off to work in the fucking mines.

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Aldarion said:

Oh I'm not defending auto reply. But yes I am away from my email. Every time I'm not logged in.

My objection is based on the fucking assholes who think responding a day or two after the email is sent is somehow "late".

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Hoss said:

Youre ridiculous. If you want an answer right now, call. Period. Email is the second slowest expected response. Here they are in order of quickest response to slowest.


Call (don't leave a message)
Text
Teams
Call and leave a message
Email
Snail mail

You have no right to expect a fast response if you email someone.

Go to their office would be #1 if you're at the same location.

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1. Call - Immediate, and had better be something pressing enough to warrant immediate conversation.
2. Text - Expect a 2-10 minute response time. (unless your content is deemed unworthy.)
3. Instant Messaging (Teams/Slack) - Expect a 10-30 minute response. (unless your content is deemed unworthy)
4. Voicemail? Is this fucking 2005? Are you leaving me a voicemail from fucking 2005? Use text like an evolved human.
5. E-mail - probably response within 24-48 hours (unless your content is deemed unworthy)
6. Snail mail? Are you sending me a physical item I requested? If not.. See my response to voicemail, but change the year to 1995.