{"id":11168,"date":"2012-02-15T20:04:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T12:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=11168"},"modified":"2012-02-15T20:05:33","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T12:05:33","slug":"email-reply-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2012\/02\/email-reply-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Email Reply Needed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11169 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/94.jpg?resize=126%2C126\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/94.jpg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/94.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;ssl=1 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 126px) 100vw, 126px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>H:<\/strong> Overheard &#8211; &#8216;Arlow! Have you read my email ? Can you read and reply me?&#8217; Why not just ask answer if already on the phone?<\/p>\n<p><strong>S:<\/strong> Sometimes, workplace folks prefer documentation of communication, even if by email, for backup, in case there is miscommunication or going back on one&#8217;s words. The sad truth is, even with documentation, the two problems can still happen. Maybe you can try replying directly by phone or when you walk by. I&#8217;m sure the person can&#8217;t insist that the reply doesn&#8217;t count. But here&#8217;s the tricky bit &#8211; you might need someone to witness that you did reply!<\/p>\n<p><strong>H:<\/strong> *Faint*<br \/>\n<strong>S:<\/strong> Better get email documentation from the witness, affirming the witnessing, in case the person goes back his or her word! *Double faint!*<\/p>\n<p><strong>H:<\/strong> Haha&#8230; No wonder so busy!<br \/>\n<strong>S:<\/strong> So the moral of the story is&#8230; to save time and more trouble, it might be simpler to just give the person the wanted emaill reply! To save even more time, give very short and sharp replies. Eg. &#8216;Ok!&#8217; Haha!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>H: Overheard &#8211; &#8216;Arlow! Have you read my email ? Can you read and reply me?&#8217; Why not just ask&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[125],"class_list":["post-11168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-communication","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}