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[โ€“] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've noticed older works really struggle with anything that involves writing. They're great as long as everything is a phone call or a meeting, but the moment they need to sit down and write something it's like they suffer brain damage and the keyboard burns them to touch it.

[โ€“] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Probably because they know no one will read it anyway, so why bother.

[โ€“] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

I am reading it, and I struggle with verbal communication because I have to shift through the social chit chat to find what they actually want me to do for them, and I also have to take notes during the interaction. All things solved by writing it down in an email instead.