Clément CanonneAug 6, 2023

No, academics do not "forget" to answer emails. They remember and feel bad about them, the guilt slowly building up, until the only way out is to fake their own death and move far, far away under a different identity to build a new life, a better one, with inbox zero and no shame

Anyways, I owe you an email.

Show threadLysanne Larose Ceramics
@ccanonne one academic I knew declared email bankruptcy after 20,000 unread emails. It was overwhelming. She deleted everything and figured if it was important, they'd write again. (I hope she'd unsubscribed from lots of things before tho)
Aug 6, 2023 at 4:13pmWeb
Show threadRebecca NordquistAug 6, 2023

@AtelierLarose @ccanonne Did this once after a maternity leave. Didn't delete but moved everything in my inbox to a folder with the year as name, and started over with replies to stuff that came in from that moment on.

Never actually needed a single thing from that folder.

Show threadJo RhodesAug 7, 2023
@AtelierLarose @ccanonne I worked with someone at #BristolUniversity in 1990s who never read his emails. He said if something was important people would phone, visit or send him something in the post.. he managed pretty well with that until he retired in 2005!
Show threadLysanne Larose CeramicsAug 7, 2023
@stuffjolikes @ccanonne I was the opposite: I hated long winded voicemails, so I was pleased when I figured out how to shut off voice mail on my desk phone. I wanted emails because I used them as my "trouble tickets" (I was in charge of communications, socials, and web)
Show threadJTWAug 7, 2023
@AtelierLarose @ccanonne fortunately my university forced everyone to switch to Outlook, so unanswered emails just mysteriously disappear or become impossible to find after a while.
Show threadBuy nothing newAug 8, 2023

@AtelierLarose @ccanonne

Yep, once the list is 2 metres below my desk - all bets are off.
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