Re: Asking a question: a controdiction?

Subject: Re: Asking a question: a controdiction?
From: Beth Agnew <Beth -dot- Agnew -at- senecac -dot- on -dot- ca>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:44:15 -0500

Of course, any "Do Not Disturb" message is irrelevant if the people you
are working with choose not to obey it. While working to a particularly
nasty deadline, I was head-down 100% concentrating on the writing and
people kept interrupting me no matter how many ways I tried to express
that I didn't want to be bothered. The kicker was when one fellow walked
over the traffic cones, ducked under the bright red barrier tape,
ignored that I had noise-canceling headphones on, and tapped me on the
shoulder to ask if I had gotten his e-mail. I dare not repeat my
response to him, but let's just say my years as a sailor gave me a broad
choice of words.

I finally had to resort to working the midnight shift until that
deadline, because that left me the only person in the building.
--Beth

Janice Gelb wrote:

>Raj Machhan wrote:
>
>
>> Or else you can have
>>a paper pinned to the more noticeable side of your cubicle that puts across
>>the Do Not Disturb message politely or better still with humour. Maybe
>>Techwirlers can suggest some humorous messages.
>>
>>
>>
>
>Here you go, already made up:
>
>

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References:
Asking a question: a controdiction?: From: Aaron Ciner
Re: Asking a question: a controdiction?: From: Mitchell Maltenfort
Re: Asking a question: a controdiction?: From: Raj Machhan
Re: Asking a question: a controdiction?: From: Janice Gelb

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