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06deacon said:
I like when some of the less experienced folks I work with say “I’m going to be on my lunch break” when I ask about discussing something for a sec. Buddy you’re a salaried employee, we’re not punching out for lunch here, please delay your entirely unofficial lunch time 5 mins to take my call.
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Do they know that the thing you want to talk about is gong to take only 5 minutes? Is it actually going to take only 5 minutes? Also what do you want people to do when it's 12:33 PM and they have meetings from 1-3?

I get that certain people abuse this kind of situation and it's entirely annoying, but a lot of times people only have a short window of free time around lunch time and they don't want to have to scarf down their food because they spent some of it talking to a coworker about something.
 
06deacon said:
I like when some of the less experienced folks I work with say “I’m going to be on my lunch break” when I ask about discussing something for a sec. Buddy you’re a salaried employee, we’re not punching out for lunch here, please delay your entirely unofficial lunch time 5 mins to take my call.
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why ya calling people during lunch hour?
 
deacon14 said:
Do they know that the thing you want to talk about is gong to take only 5 minutes? Is it actually going to take only 5 minutes? Also what do you want people to do when it's 12:33 PM and they have meetings from 1-3?

I get that certain people abuse this kind of situation and it's entirely annoying, but a lot of times people only have a short window of free time around lunch time and they don't want to have to scarf down their food because they spent some of it talking to a coworker about something.
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God forbid they miss their sacred lunch time

You know what you can do? Eat later… or I dunno maybe some of the fatsos could miss a meal
 
WindyCityDeac said:
God forbid they miss their sacred lunch time

You know what you can do? Eat later… or I dunno maybe some of the fatsos could miss a meal
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Some people care more about their physical and mental well-being than they do about their work.

I know that you aren't one of those people, but you shouldn't impose your standard for yourself regarding that onto everyone else.
 
06deacon said:
I like when some of the less experienced folks I work with say “I’m going to be on my lunch break” when I ask about discussing something for a sec. Buddy you’re a salaried employee, we’re not punching out for lunch here, please delay your entirely unofficial lunch time 5 mins to take my call.
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oh so you're the asshole trying to get me on a "quick voice call to discuss something" completely unscheduled during the 15 minutes I have between my noon and 1 meetings 😬

either put something on my calendar (ideally at least an hour+ in advance) or just use async communication tools the way they're supposed to be used
 
deacon14 said:
Some people care more about their physical and mental well-being than they do about their work.

I know that you aren't one of those people, but you shouldn't impose your standard for yourself regarding that onto everyone else.
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You just don’t have the grindset. How dare you care for your well-being.
 
deacon14 said:
Some people care more about their physical and mental well-being than they do about their work.

I know that you aren't one of those people, but you shouldn't impose your standard for yourself regarding that onto everyone else.
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If I’m paying them then I’m imposing my standard
 
honestly, i mainly rally against the "5 minutes to discuss something" calls because they are usually very disruptive to me getting actual work done that I need to get done, not even about lunch breaks

and sometimes a lunch break is a euphemism for a poop break, windy of all people should understand that one
 
cookoutdeac said:
honestly, i mainly rally against the "5 minutes to discuss something" calls because they are usually very disruptive to me getting actual work done that I need to get done, not even about lunch breaks
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I've also never had someone call me for a conversation that actually lasted <5 minutes and that conversation could not have been a simple email exchange. Usually if it's that short of a conversation it's just trying to quickly get on the same page about something you both already understand.
 
lol windy there’s 0 chance that you are constantly doing work 8am-5pm. I get your shtick is grinding but get grip man
 
deacon14 said:
I was unaware that you owned the company that you worked for and were paying employees out of your own pocket
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Salary comes from my budget and my P&L. If someone is so concerned about getting their lunch why did they even respond to the message ir take the call to begin with?
 
YoungBuck95 said:
lol windy there’s 0 chance that you are constantly doing work 8am-5pm. I get your shtick is grinding but get grip man
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You’d be wrong… most days I’m on calls from 7:30 until 7:00 with virtually no time in between.

Not in the current gig yet but it’ll be that way no doubt
 
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