15-20 minutes to write a diplomatic message. 15-20 minutes of crafting, thinking about how it'll be read, adjusting words, trying not to give offence. Why oh why can't I just be a loose gun, and not give a toss? I'd get so much more done in a day!
--Nat
no kiddin!
wickline on 2002-03-18T12:35:49
I love working in edu, but faculty (particularly medical faculty?) can be a bit touchy. One of the few things I dislike about my job is how long it can take to handle email... for exactly that reason.
:/
-matt
and even worse is when
jmm on 2002-03-18T15:29:42
... after that half hour of agonized creation, you sometimes end up deciding that there is no way to make the point gracefully, and yet it isn't quite important enough to be insulting.
"Oops" letters.
TorgoX on 2002-03-19T03:03:48
Worse things happen
