Junction From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 766 posts, RR: 0 Posted (5 years 6 months 2 weeks ago) and read 1161 times:
Does anyone else get annoyed with people at work who come over to your desk/cube and say "Quick question for ya", when it almost always really means "I need to have you do something for me that will take the rest of the day." I get so sick of people saying “Quick question for ya” when it is NEVER a quick question. Just be honest, and send it in an e-mail.
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FlyDeltaJets87 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (5 years 6 months 2 weeks ago) and read 1147 times:
Quoting Junction (Thread starter): Does anyone else get annoyed with people at work who come over to your desk/cube and say "Quick question for ya", when it almost always really means "I need to have you do something for me that will take the rest of the day." I get so sick of people saying “Quick question for ya” when it is NEVER a quick question. Just be honest, and send it in an e-mail.
Thanks
Not the office for me, but I get really pissed when I'm standing in line to talk to the gate agent, and someone jumps the line and walks up to the front of the podium to ask a "quick" question and then their "quick question" becomes a 10 minute ordeal.
MBMBOS From United States of America, joined May 2000, 2561 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (5 years 6 months 2 weeks ago) and read 1129 times:
I usually say something like "Good, because I only have a couple of minutes". I also stand up to listen to their question because it looks like I'm heading some place and it hurries them away.
LASOctoberB6 From Japan, joined Nov 2006, 2380 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 1067 times:
Quoting FlyDeltaJets87 (Reply 1): and then their "quick question" becomes a 10 minute ordeal.
And then the gate agent gets so caught up in the jumpee's problem, you often have to start all over. I usually say, "Excuse me, but I was here first and you need to wait in line like everyone else who is wanting to ask their 'quick question'".
Luv2fly From United States of America, joined May 2003, 11957 posts, RR: 51 Reply 6, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 1022 times:
I have learned to speak up and tell people where the line is and be happy to join behind me.
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