• @[email protected]
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    341 year ago

    Yesterday I got called by my dentist, my cat’s vet, an apartment I had emailed inquiring for an interview. All within 5 minutes of each other! Talk about anxiety overload.

  • @SpaceNoodle
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    221 year ago

    One time at work I had five different people at my cubicle all trying to talk to me at the same time.

    I’ve blocked out what happened next.

  • @[email protected]
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    181 year ago

    The whole point of text messages are that they are asynchronous - you don’t actually have to answer them right away, take your time.

    Anyone in need of an immediate answer should choose a synchronous mode of communication.

    • @[email protected]
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      81 year ago

      To add to that: Configure your notifications. Anything that isn’t urgent doesn’t need to vibrate or make a sound. It can just sit there until you look at your phone. Also, use do not disturb for things like work.

  • @[email protected]
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    61 year ago

    I take chats for customer service. We’re expected to help two people at the same time. This is me when two people who work from home lost internet at the same time so they’re in crisis and as ending message after message and won’t follow directions because they’re desperately trying anything to get back online because they could get fired.

    The cynic in me is like “this is karma for the previous 3 times you told your boss the internet was down when it wasn’t.”

  • @kautau
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    41 year ago

    Especially when they are about the same fucking thing. So you know they were texting each other about texting you and both decided they should text you about it right now

  • ANGRY_MAPLE
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    41 year ago

    Bonus points: Neither of those texts would exist if the sender had just listened to you any of the first two or three times that you told them.

    yaaay troubleshooting. I have to say though, on the bright side, it’s doing wonders for improving my patience.