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On the topic of "hate", ja I hate focus stealers too and disable notification on my email. I hate too that people expect that you should respond to an email seconds after its arrival. Email has gotten to be as rude as telephones... people expect you to stop whatever you're doing and answer them before the fourth ring! Usually it is the same "rude" person that just sent an email 30 seconds before. They never leave a voice message but rather try the cellphone seldom followed by the pager.
In our offices, we can hear each other's phones and all have different ringtones. We also have caller ID and see each other's incoming calls. We can see and hear our users make the rounds caling each of us in turn, seldom letting it go more than 3 rings and never long enough to leave a voice message.
I sometimes let my phone go to voicemail and may go for hours without checking my email. If people think they are important enough and want me bad enough they can come to my office.
When I am on call it is different although in most cases the caller is abusing priority but the call must be answered.
Oh, and what's up with the 3 or 4 rings and then hanging up? Who can possibly answer a call before the 3rd ring? Our cellphone service will often ring three times on the caller's end before ringing once on the cellphone. Most times before I can safely pull over to the side of the road, the phone stops ringing and they seldom even try calling back. What if they fat fingered the number and got it wrong? Usually they will just call my boss instead to complain I did not answer fast enough.
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