Ben's Random Thoughts and Statuses

[Davide]

24 minutes ago, BendtedWreath said:

Today was a strange workday, and I'm only at the halfway point. I responded with a little too much of a textbook, professional response to my boss's boss's claim that our "femur" of a department (we are less than a skeleton crew at the moment) were forced to volunteer at an event. The response was anger and disappointment, so I sent a private email going into more detail as to why I would not be attending said event and received an apology back. 😂

It's nice to see someone in a position of power acting responsibly by being open to changing their mind after anger when faced with additional information.

[BendtedWreath]

1 minute ago, Davide said:

It's nice to see someone in a position of power acting responsibly by being open to changing their mind after anger when faced with additional information.

Yes, I honestly should have responded privately first. They might not have sent the more public response. But as with everything that is in text format, perceptions differ. Mine is "I need to do the work that I'm getting paid for in the limited time allotted to myself and my one remaining colleague." 

[Davide]

9 minutes ago, BendtedWreath said:

Yes, I honestly should have responded privately first. They might not have sent the more public response. But as with everything that is in text format, perceptions differ. Mine is "I need to do the work that I'm getting paid for in the limited time allotted to myself and my one remaining colleague." 

Yeah, communicating in writing can be tricky because the same thing read in different times can have significantly different meanings. And work emails tend to be more formal, which can make the intended tone be even less clear.