• dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
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    21 hours ago

    If it isn’t the first email you’ve ever exchanged, why can’t you just plan for the fact that they got your email and if they drop the ball the fault is not yours?

    “I’m sending you this thing, if anything is wrong please let me know; otherwise I will assume all is agreed and we can move forward.”

    No response required. Stay off my lawn, don’t send me an email or a text or anything else that just says “ok”. Maybe I’m showing my age…

    • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      17 hours ago

      Nailed it. This is how email works.

      If you want to ensure i de-prioritise your request, request a read receipt or send a follow up email the next day.

      If you don’t want me to ever do anything for you promptly ever again call me to check whether I got your email.

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        9 hours ago

        I know a guy that calls before the email even reaches my inbox. “I just sent you an email…”

        We end up waiting on the phone until I say “oh, there it is”. To which he asks “what do you think”. So I have to stop the world and read the fucking thing while he’s waiting on the phone so I can give him a comment…

        That is the most stupid use of time ever.