Comment on Living his best life.
Eranziel@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Reading the article (theguardian.com/…/nobel-committee-unable-to-reach…), I feel like the least the committee could do is make an effort to call winners during their daytime hours. 😅 Sounds like too many cases of unexpected calls in the night.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
It truly is astounding how apathetic the Nobel Institute is towards the people they are awarding. Like, some basic research about their nominee’s time zone should be fundamental. Maybe get their schedule and let them know they are in consideration and when decisions will be rendered so they can be ready (or absent if they want).
But the current approach of cold calling scientists in the middle of the night just shows how little they care.
Eranziel@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
If they keep it up, I feel like they’re rapidly going to hit a generational impasse of nobody picking up even during daytime. I am very reluctant to answer numbers I don’t recognize, if it’s important they can leave a voice-mail.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
“If it’s the Nobel Committee they’ll leave a message.” But they’d better text as well.
I wouldn’t be surprised if a number of awardees find out through journalists and then have to go back through their ignored messages.
Dave@lemmy.nz 9 hours ago
Maybe the committee doesn’t like calling people and is hoping they won’t answer.
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 hours ago
“Hey, this is Bob from the Nobel Committee, if you could give us a call back, that’d be great. It’s important.”
orygin@piefed.social 11 hours ago
They are informed a few minutes before the public announcement, so it’s either them waking them, or their family or neighbors a few minutes later