False premise - a phone call should never be allowed to interrupt a real conversation.
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An app that lets you pretend to receive a call when a co-worker distracts you
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Re: An app that lets you pretend to receive a call when a co-worker distracts you
#52Simple but powerful.
Great job.
Re: An app that lets you pretend to receive a call when a co-worker distracts you
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
please don't think I'm being rude By saying that you remind the interlocutor that being rude is in fact an option (indeed a widely used one) and you may simply be rude ... ah the subtleties of communication.
> no offence, but [offensive remark].
With all due respect, [respectless remark]
Re: An app that lets you pretend to receive a call when a co-worker distracts you
#54Just be honest and say "please don't think I'm being rude, but I really need to get on with this work." You can be assertive without lying or being nasty.
might not work in all cases..
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#55Re: An app that lets you pretend to receive a call when a co-worker distracts you
#56This seems great for those situation where telling the person that you are busy, or cannot attend them anymore wont cut it.
Usually a phone call is the only detractor for them to interrupt me. at the end it ended up being just to let me know something like i got this to compile!! which could have been done on slack or lync.
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#58Re: An app that lets you pretend to receive a call when a co-worker distracts you
#59Just be honest and say "please don't think I'm being rude, but I really need to get on with this work." You can be assertive without lying or being nasty.
+1. I don't understand why we need a Chrome plugin to act like an adult. Or, on the flip side, why you can't be an adult and not distract a co-worker. ha
Re: An app that lets you pretend to receive a call when a co-worker distracts you
#60I never understood why a telephone gets precedence over somebody who made the effort to come to you in person.
Because after 6 or 7 rings the person calling you will go away, while the person who has come to you will, usually, stand and wait. I agree with the sentiment though, that it does often give the impression of being bad mannered.
Just let them go to voice mail. If it's important they'll leave a message.