Why can't people read?!

Or when they reply “hi Susan” when my name is Michelle

it’s right there you fools!

You aren’t wrong.

I swear since Covid, people in general have become stupider.

It's everywhere and is frustrating.

Yesterday I put a post up on a local FB page about a supermarket car park adding anpr to warn people. One response was asking if it was the bus station car park, I must have typed and deleted 5 response before I just said no

It’s maddening!

Email “I was thinking about the meeting about XYZ. Has a date been set for it yet?”

Email reply “yes”.

Email “when is the date?”

I think the answer to ‘when are you available?’ now has to be very blunt, and the negatives bolded and capitalised.

And probably in the subject line.

’When are you available for a meeting with the visiting consultant?’

‘NOT on Thursday afternoon. NOT on Wednesday morning. However, I am currently available at the following times …’

It is a bit pathetic though.

Just yesterday and today, same client.

I finished some tech work for them this week and provided full documentation of what was done and how the process the results, which they asked for. Email returned asking questions that were fully covered in the documentation.

They also had a couple of issues that needed to be looked at. Told them they would have the response on Monday, only to get an email this morning asking when they would have a response.

Dick heads!!

It annoying AF, on here and in real life. I often only get a half response to emails.

I used to text my husband and in the early days if I asked him 3 questions in a text he would answer one and not the other. Drove me mad. My son is similar!

All the time it drives me absolutely insane. I especially despise answering an email where I've sent the information and then they ask me a question that is outlined in the original email that they've answered on. eg
if you want to book an appointment with me I'm available all day Monday and Tuesday and all day Thursday and Friday but I'm out of the office on Wednesday.
them can I book in to see you on Wednesday.

That's terrible, I'm so sorry you had to go through that when you were vulnerable x

And this is the big problem, that consequences of carelessness can have far reaching and serious consequences, and often when complaints are made, the response is defensive, passive aggressive, and attempts to pass responsibility back to the complainer.

I can forgive genuine human error up to a point, if resolution is well handled and swift, like my PM issue. But in medical, legal and financial arenas, an alleged "simple" mistake can have devastating ongoing consequences.

YANBU. No one gives a shit anymore. It seems everything has to be done as quickly and easily as possible with zero effort and with absolutely no interest in doing a job well.

Oh wow I remember doing these.

Anyone who finished the work early would just get these to get on with. I got through loads.

Surely it ends up costing you more time overall though?

I have noticed this many times on MN and other social media sites.

On social media sites people tend to have a predetermined, very fixed idea of what you are writing about and can't think beyond that. They see, two kids, overwhelmed with housework, so, their standard answer is, get the kids and husband to pitch in.

On SM, I wrote about something my former daughter-in-law did, and without reading what I actually wrote, I was jumped for things I never did and never would do. It's all due to laziness, narrow mindedness and low IQ.

On one particular SM site, not here, there must be a lot of liars, as I was accused of fabricating my entire OP. Some offered up 'proof' I was lying by misquoting what I'd written in the OP. It was bizarre and frustrating to say the least. I've concluded, these people must live very boring & predicable lives & are desperate for attention - so they think we all are.

As far as work emails etc goes; I believe people are being hired for certain positions who are not very intelligent, just qualified. They managed to get a degree, and ticked all the right boxes. I'm in my 70's now and remember when most of us didn't go to university and worked our way up the employment ladder on our own merits - proven on the job skills and achievements.

I know many well educated people who are not doing well in life. The most stupid, narrow minded person I know has a Phd. She lacks basic common sense. She's now on her 40's and working at a glorified call center.

One other woman I know, also in her 40's, just struggles at life in general. She struggles writing a letter or email. One of many examples; she doesn't understand the difference between 'our' and 'are' . Life is so stressful for her she now sits and does hobbies all day. This woman has a BA from a well known University and could probably get a job at your doctor's office. The results would be disastrous. This is what we are expected to tolerate when dealing with the companies, doctors etc they work for.

A woman, a few years older than me, still runs a huge medical clinic. She has worked there since graduating high school. She started out as a file clerk. They place would be lost without her. When she finally does retire, they will probably hire some young over educated fool and it'll be a disaster.

This is the perfect response- it should be listed as one of the reactions we can use with the React button- maybe there's an emoji for this!

I know what you mean OP. These days I send separate emails if I have more than one question to ask. I don't mind so much on MN threads, but it's very annoying when it's about work or something important.
That's awful about 'personality' = 'personality disorder'!

Which is what that poster said she did?

Hence her, ‘please see previous email regarding actioning this’.