Crazy idea

[Bluebird]

In actual fact e-mail isn't strictly forbidden but engineers are encouraged to talk to each other face to face or pick up the phone rather than rely on e-mail

eh ?

talk to each other - I don't think that would be a good idea....

[TheFaQQer]

irritatingly nasal scouse accent..

Hevra

Tautology

[Hevra]

I email a couple of people who work near me because I can't bear to talking to them.. one's a mouth breathing spit-while-she-talks and the other has the most irritatingly nasal scouse accent..

Hevra

[threaded]

I went on a Time management course once (LOL). One of the best tips was to check your email first thing, respond to what was needed then turn it off. At EOB check it once more.

The problem is people want to jump straight to the front of the queue, and get arsey when you don't respond straight away.

It's like being in a queue at a shop and someone cutting straight to the front by saying "Out of the way, I need to be dealt with first" they would probably get punched, so why is this behaviour acceptable with email?

I have a friend who's a nurse and she told me someone phoned her up complaining that she hadn't answered an email that'd been sent 'half an hour' ago.

Talk about people who are in too much of a rush. Saw this happen last night. I nearly fell off my bike I was laughing so much.

[Fran]

That's ridiculous! Have these people never heard of instant messaging? It saves me walking several feet to talk with other developers every day.

(That reminds me, I must ping the guy who's supposed to be fixing the database server; I can see the top of his head over his monitor, so he must be out of his meeting now.

Either that, or I could go downstairs and get a sandwich.)

[NickFitz]

In Intel's case the push to look again at the culture of e-mail followed a comment from chief executive Paul Otellini criticising engineers "who sit two cubicles apart sending an e-mail rather than get up and talk".

That's ridiculous! Have these people never heard of instant messaging? It saves me walking several feet to talk with other developers every day.

(That reminds me, I must ping the guy who's supposed to be fixing the database server; I can see the top of his head over his monitor, so he must be out of his meeting now.

Either that, or I could go downstairs and get a sandwich.)

[Bagpuss]

I went on a Time management course once (LOL). One of the best tips was to check your email first thing, respond to what was needed then turn it off. At EOB check it once more.

The problem is people want to jump straight to the front of the queue, and get arsey when you don't respond straight away.

It's like being in a queue at a shop and someone cutting straight to the front by saying "Out of the way, I need to be dealt with first" they would probably get punched, so why is this behaviour acceptable with email?

[TheFaQQer]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7049275.stm

Switch off email all you want - just leave CUK alone!