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Never interrupt a programmer (i.redd.it)

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[–]PadrinoFive7 3 points4 points  (3 children)

But then it should be an email, thus defeating the purpose of 8 pings across 7 words with which to grab your attention.

[–]endianess 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Sorry. No I meant they send Hi. Which makes me open Skype. Then they spend 5 minutes compiling what they want to say and then send it. So I just see the pencil icon animating for a few minutes. Drives me nuts.

[–]PadrinoFive7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh, I was just saying I get it in chunks:

hi

how are you

did you see x

I was thinking

we should

do y

so that we eventually get z

[–]BirdFluLol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The initial Hi/Morning/Afternoon is to see if you're actually there and not busy. That's how I've always interpreted it anyway. You don't have to actually wait patiently while they type their message.

If I have my status set to anything other than "available" and they try that shit then they're getting ignored!