jim wrote:I'm still a dinosaur, if I have a question I'm the rare breed that still gets up out of my chair and walks 10 feet to ask the question. I'm not kidding, we had a women who literally sat across from me in the next cube. She would send me email with questions all the time, I would answer her without even getting out of my chair. wtf?
I'm with you on that. However, if it's not that case- if it's someone in another building- I'd much, much, much rather get an e-mail than a phone call. Phone calls annoy the crap out of me. E-mails force people to sit down and think out what they want, and put it as concisely as they can. In a phone call, they can ramble on and on before getting to the point.
E-mails are at least "on record". Conversations in person and over the phone have a tendency to vanish into the ether when it comes to remembering who said what.
"I told you to place 10 orders"
"No you didn't, you said 20"
"No, I said 10"
"No, you said 20" ∞
Having the email trail to fall back on can be invaluable at times.
Plus you never know when the cops are up on your cell.
