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Re:IBM says remote working is great after forcing employees ... by johansch on Monday May 08, 2017 @02:34PM (#14294292)
What's the difference?

(It would typically be initiated the same way, e.g. via a Slack question if they are ok talk on the phone. If there's no reply and it's blocking other stuff; yeah I am going to place an actual 20th century phone call.)

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Re:IBM says remote working is great after forcing employees ... by dylz on Monday May 08, 2017 @03:07PM (#14294570)
Picking up a phone is interrupting as hell for me.

Clicking the green button on Discord or a softphone is not.

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Re:IBM says remote working is great after forcing employees ... by MockObject on Monday May 08, 2017 @04:42PM (#14295392)
Seriously? What is the difference? Telephone handset vs headphones?
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Re:IBM says remote working is great after forcing employees ... by dylz on Monday May 08, 2017 @07:14PM (#14296470)
It's just ridiculously foreign and breaks my train of thought. No idea why, just a mental thing.

I have never used a physical 'telephone handset' (and don't have a desk phone)

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Re:IBM says remote working is great after forcing employees ... by johansch on Monday May 08, 2017 @05:29PM (#14295785)
Please don't startle the millennials. They are unique snowflakes.

;)

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