What do you do on your 30 minute lunch break?
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I get an hour for lunch. I usually keep posting on ML (no surprise), catch up on SW, Plantronics SoundingBoards, and make phone calls that I need to make to various doctors, etc. Usually those get put off because, as I told IRJ once, I hate talking to people I don't know on the phone...
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@thanksaj said:
I get an hour for lunch. I usually keep posting on ML (no surprise), catch up on SW, Plantronics SoundingBoards, and make phone calls that I need to make to various doctors, etc. Usually those get put off because, as I told IRJ once, I hate talking to people I don't know on the phone...
I hate talking to people on the phone in general... I feel I (and potentially you) are the people instant messaging and email were invented for.
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@coliver said:
@thanksaj said:
I get an hour for lunch. I usually keep posting on ML (no surprise), catch up on SW, Plantronics SoundingBoards, and make phone calls that I need to make to various doctors, etc. Usually those get put off because, as I told IRJ once, I hate talking to people I don't know on the phone...
I hate talking to people on the phone in general... I feel I (and potentially you) are the people instant messaging and email were invented for.
I LOVE talking to friends and family on the phone. But I hate having to call my bank, or a doctor, or the credit card company, or just make any phone call in general where I both don't know who I'll get and I don't know the person. I love that I can request maintenance items online at my complex. It's weird. Once I've dialed the number and it's ringing, I'm fine. But I have this mild panic attack every time I have to place a call from the time I start thinking about dialing to the time I click call. After that, I'm fine. It's really weird...
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@thanksaj said:
@coliver said:
@thanksaj said:
I get an hour for lunch. I usually keep posting on ML (no surprise), catch up on SW, Plantronics SoundingBoards, and make phone calls that I need to make to various doctors, etc. Usually those get put off because, as I told IRJ once, I hate talking to people I don't know on the phone...
I hate talking to people on the phone in general... I feel I (and potentially you) are the people instant messaging and email were invented for.
I LOVE talking to friends and family on the phone. But I hate having to call my bank, or a doctor, or the credit card company, or just make any phone call in general where I both don't know who I'll get and I don't know the person. I love that I can request maintenance items online at my complex. It's weird. Once I've dialed the number and it's ringing, I'm fine. But I have this mild panic attack every time I have to place a call from the time I start thinking about dialing to the time I click call. After that, I'm fine. It's really weird...
I have that mild panic attack before, during, and a little after the call. I'd much prefer to text (for personal messages) or email. Then talk on the phone.
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@coliver said:
@thanksaj said:
@coliver said:
@thanksaj said:
I get an hour for lunch. I usually keep posting on ML (no surprise), catch up on SW, Plantronics SoundingBoards, and make phone calls that I need to make to various doctors, etc. Usually those get put off because, as I told IRJ once, I hate talking to people I don't know on the phone...
I hate talking to people on the phone in general... I feel I (and potentially you) are the people instant messaging and email were invented for.
I LOVE talking to friends and family on the phone. But I hate having to call my bank, or a doctor, or the credit card company, or just make any phone call in general where I both don't know who I'll get and I don't know the person. I love that I can request maintenance items online at my complex. It's weird. Once I've dialed the number and it's ringing, I'm fine. But I have this mild panic attack every time I have to place a call from the time I start thinking about dialing to the time I click call. After that, I'm fine. It's really weird...
I have that mild panic attack before, during, and a little after the call. I'd much prefer to text (for personal messages) or email. Then talk on the phone.
Oh, I absolutely prefer to setup the call by email or text first. Even with people I know. As a rule...
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As long as I dont have somebody trying to sell me something, I would rather talk on the phone
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I almost never want a phone call. To me that's for emergencies. Email for everything else if possible.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I almost never want a phone call. To me that's for emergencies. Email for everything else if possible.
See, I feel like that's a fairly reasonable approach. Texting works for me too but I know where you stand on texting Scott...
However, there is a certain individual who NTG supports who feels that calling is the medium to get anything and everything done the most efficient way possible and that there is no other contact method that should ever be used...but he shall remain nameless...
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Some clients just want to feel like they have a live person. IM or email is not personal enough (ugh)
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I either get no lunch break or it is well over an hour. Rarely anything in between.
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@Minion-Queen said:
Some clients just want to feel like they have a live person. IM or email is not personal enough (ugh)
The problem is equating a human's voice with productivity. Just because you are talking to someone doesn't mean it's more productive than sending someone an email. In fact, often the opposite is true. I call up someone and try explaining my problem to them, but they aren't at their desk, or they miss something because I spoke fast, whatever...I send someone an email and communicate that way, they can respond when they are actually able to work on the issue or at least request more information that they will need. Email is, overall, far more effective that phone calls.
Phone calls satisfy a need for instant recognition of an issue. It's a problem with needing to feel validated. Waiting on the response to an email doesn't get your that immediate fix...
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@scottalanmiller said:
I either get no lunch break or it is well over an hour. Rarely anything in between.
No lunch break, assuming your shift is at least 6 hours, is actually illegal.
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@coliver @thanksaj
Not just the two of you - I despise talking on the phone. Texting was definitely invented for me.
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@thanksaj said:
No lunch break, assuming your shift is at least 6 hours, is actually illegal.
That's a state by state law and does not apply to professionals or managers. You are thinking of blue collar hourly work laws.
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If it applied to managers, for example, you'd need twice as much staff to run overnight businesses like hotels and gas stations. It's because it does not apply to managers that those businesses only need one person working overnights.
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For me morning break time for Lunch
Second break "Sleeping"
3rd break "Snack time"
Sometimes if pretty busy i can only use my 2 breaks.
