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[–] grabyourmotherskeys 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had a manager more than once that responded with "y" for affirmative and "I'm ignoring you" was no. One of those guys said if he didn't get back to you in am hour resend or track him down because he didn't read "below the fold" in his inbox (this was when we used email for everything).

[–] Rentlar 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's hilarious... by "below the fold" do you mean anything outside the message preview, example:

Smith, John

Re: Discussion with Client A

Hi Mike, I wanted to hear your thoughts on...

[–] grabyourmotherskeys 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If he had to hit "page down" in the Inbox folder to see your email, he wasn't going to see it.

He owned the business and it was right at the tail end of that time when if you wanted a web site you had to deal with some guys who were probably taking you for a ride, didn't care about customer service, and charged based on their mood that day. Having lived through that brief era, I am glad it's in the rear view. I didn't like treating customers like that and did my best to not do so!