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Re:Advice to New Managers: Don't Joke About Firing People (2... by NortySpock on Monday September 20, 2021 @11:27AM (#28594848)
I also try to avoid double meanings and also indicate the part of the question I am answering as often times people have different shorthand for the question they are asking than I might have.

example question: "Is this job running?" (implied: is it "working"?)

Answer: "No, it is not currently running however I see it is scheduled to run daily at 7pm. I don't see any errors in the past 2 days. Did you expect it to import data recently?"

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Re:Advice to New Managers: Don't Joke About Firing People (2... by brazzy on Monday September 20, 2021 @11:45AM (#28595069)
Oh god yes. I constantly see misunderstandings and conversations that take three times as long as necessary because people don't clearly and explicitly say what they're asking or answering.
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