--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kevin Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I sent this e-mail last night, with the subject work e-mail > > Not about list e-mail, but general work e-mail. I got chastised by a boss > because I was contacting a user using e-mail instead of calling directly. > The text of the e-mail was about, drumroll, setting up a face to face > meeting. I really felt like telling the boss to take a hike. His way > mattered 20 years ago when you had to use a phone, but 70% of the time > e-mail is appropriate. > > How do others feel? I know not all situations warrant it but if you have > established that the receiver regularly checks e-mail and will respond, > isn't e-mail okay?
I think this is a case of the do-it-the-way-i-would-do-it micromanagment pointy haired administrator. I get exactly the opposite issue. I hate to write text. I tend to sound much more intelegant and buisnesslike on the phone. It is also much much easier for me to speak a message or have a conversation, than it is to type it. So I tipicaly use voicemail and get up walk to co-workers desk some 15 feet away method. But where I work and the externals I work with seem to prefer text. go-figure _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
