ScriddieAug 6, 2023
Clément Canonne

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.

Aug 6, 2023 at 11:07amWeb
Show threadClément CanonneAug 6, 2023
Wow, this blew up. To be clear, I'm still not answering your email.
Show threadSummer Emacs 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🍎🐃Aug 6, 2023
@ccanonne @whatshisays 😄
Show threadMartinMcFlyAug 6, 2023
@ccanonne truer truth has never been spoken.
Show threadKid ManiaAug 6, 2023
@ccanonne
🤔 Dude--you ever heard of this ChatGPT? I don't like it either, but using it for your emails might an alternative to faking your own death.😆
Just sayin'.
Show threadSid Sun 🏳️‍🌈Aug 6, 2023
@ccanonne thanks, wasn’t aware that was a valid option, any tips?
Show threadphilAug 6, 2023
done it to too many people 😭
Show threadAuntie MameAug 6, 2023
@ccanonne oh great, so I’m left hanging by professors who won’t respond to my request for a doctorate school application reference or if they’ll even follow up with that.
Show threadDr FunkAug 17, 2023
@ymasumac The only solution for me was to go knock on my advisor’s office door.
Show threadLysanne Larose CeramicsAug 6, 2023
@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)
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.
#AcademicLife #AcademicChat

Show threadAvaniAug 6, 2023
@ccanonne I know senior professors who proudly have 6 figures of unread emails and it legit comes up in my nightmares.
Show threadKlingonHipsterAug 6, 2023
@ccanonne i haven’t quite got to this point yet. i *have* reached the point where my automatic salutation nowadays is “sorry for the late reply”…
Show threadWill CasazzaAug 6, 2023
@ccanonne The intense feeling of urgency when someone sends a follow up and you realize how long their email's been on your to-do list
Show threadWilmhit until in final destinationAug 6, 2023
@ccanonne but they won't stop saying "just write me an email"
Show threadFelipe 🐁Aug 6, 2023
@ccanonne I felt this.
Show threadAthena DemertziAug 6, 2023
@ccanonne Busted! (OK, sometimes) 
Show threadMick CraigAug 6, 2023
@ccanonne And this is why I move institution every 4 to 5 years... 😶
Show threadMike HuckaAug 7, 2023
@ccanonne Glad to learn I'm not the only one contemplating this.
Show threadChloé AzencottAug 7, 2023
@ccanonne long-term medical leave has solved this problem for me! (ok, sometimes I still get the guilt)
Show threadClément CanonneAug 7, 2023
@cazencott 😔 I hope you're steadily getting better!
Show threadChloé AzencottAug 12, 2023
@ccanonne slowly and not-so-steadily, but still improving :-)
Show threadJo RhodesAug 7, 2023
@ccanonne I can confirm that this applies to most managers of small charities and community projects too!
Show threadSteve GisselbrechtAug 8, 2023
@ccanonne
Show threadcostrikeAug 8, 2023
@ccanonne Is it that time again already?