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the concept of a spontaneous unscheduled phone call is so strange and alien to me. you're telling me there are people out there who want to be interrupted at random points in their day, and a large fraction of the time they are able to just pick up and talk? rather than constantly getting voicemails, and then leaving voicemails back because by the time you get around to replying, the caller is busy? do these people spend most of their days doing neither deep work nor being in social situations that would be rude to suddenly step away from?
That's unfairly dismissive. I can't speak to retail, but manufacturing absolutely does require "deep work". Machining requires concentration and technique in order to ensure parts have the right tolerances, surface finish, etc. Assembly work often involves deep thinking in order to ensure that the machine is correctly assembled and properly configured.
It's not all routine "mind numbing" assembly line work, just as not all IT is routine mind numbing data entry.
No, we don't wait hours or days, we text you asking, "Hey, when would be a good time to follow up?"
3habryka
But like, they then might take hours to respond, or the scheduled call might happen hours or days later? That's what I am referring to.
Also to be clear, this is all in jest. I have lived in both cultures. I have updated towards phone call world over time.