Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message?

• Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  In a workplace environment, I shouldn’t have to format emails as if they’re to be read by a 12 year old.

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  • CaptSneeze@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Welcome to the workforce! (I’m assuming you’re new…)

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    • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      No, just very stubborn

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  • ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s not simply a reading comprehension thing with bullet points. If your questions require research on my end having them already structured in bullets does a few things to help with that process.

    The asker’s bullet structure gives something to mimic. You can even put your answers directly below the question, so the asker can be reminded of their own questions.

    The bullets also help skimming, if I need to see which item id is needed next it’s easier to do so without losing my place.

    Bullet grammar structure also allows for much terser sentences. If I need to reread your question it’s easier if I don’t have to ignore a bunch of words that don’t substantively alter the meaning.

    Do I need any of these? No. Could I put the questions into bullets myself for the reply? Sure. But it’s easier to spend more time and effort on answering your questions if you save me a few steps.

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    • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Sure, depending on the issue. But the main issue is that some people actually DO need those, and for those people, it’s absolutely a reading comprehension thing (which could have roots in being overworked, not caring, low attention span, poor schooling, any number of things, but the end result is poor reading comprehension).

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  • joshthewaster@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If you don’t care enough about the topic to take a few seconds to proofread and format your questions why would I care to decipher them? 12 year olds learn that taking the time to write a first and second draft will improve the final product.

    Definitely some acceptable variation between informal chats and emails being sent to whole teams so know your audience.

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    • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Who said anything about not proofreading? My emails are perfectly legible and written in proper English. You’re equating “lack of dumbed-down easy to digest bullet points” with “sloppy, error-filled writing”. They’re two extremely different things.

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  • Kaput@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I should not have to read emails as if they’re written by 12 years old either.

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    • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Agreed, and also a non sequitur?

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      • Kaput@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Not non sequitur - Chiasmus

        Yeah I had to look them up.

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