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Yes, it's pretty much a guarantee (at one of my customers). Even when I comment on it, they'll still only answer one.
I do tend to send multiple one-question emails because of it.
TTFN - Kent
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Yes, it's a constant problem.
Sometimes I send multiple emails with just one question each but that just seems so silly.
Usually I put the questions (as short as I can make them) in a numbered or bulleted list. Then, if necessary. I'll reply something like, "Thank you. I will continue to work on this task when I also get answers to questions 2, 3 and 4."
Never be so foolish as to put more than one question in one sentence, or even in one paragraph.
Phil
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Yeah, people are a PITA, especially customers.
I've once read some advice to only ask one question per email and put that question in the very last sentence.
No "thanks in advance" or "looking forward to your reply", just end with the question.
The quickest way to get an answer is usually to walk up to them or pick up the phone.
And, if you do that, don't forget to confirm their answers in an email or they'll deny everything they answered next week.
I'm saving up to go with early retirement, become a hermit, and never deal with people again
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Yep know how you feel.
I use a numbered list with a "Your response to Question n:" after each question and then ask them to respond within the body of my email.
That way I know what question they are responding to as well in their response.
Otherwise you are often wondering what their answer is and to which question it relates to.
One question at a time is not only tedious but extra work as some answers will eradicate other questions in the list.
I always think, gee, how come they are not embarrassed by their response.
I would be.
It is not just bad communication, more like they just don't care.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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Short attention span. I get meeting requests with nothing but a subject, and a time.
Keep It Simple, keep it moving.
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Wait how often do you use email? Yeesh.
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I agree.
When I ask multiple questions I bullet point them with numerals and they will still not answer all of them.
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Well, just call the person, if it is one person. Otherwise emails / text are a waste of time. Especially if no one understands the etiquette associated with them.
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Don't take it personal, they have "short-circuit evaluation" turned-on by default
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My daughters are also in such an organisation
Jerry
There's never time to do anything properly, there's always time to do it twice
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I usually put numbers against my questions that way it is clear that I want answer to all these questions. You can pick the question index starting at 0 or 1.
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Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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yes, and it drives me bonkers. As others have said, I've taken the time to ask the questions; I wouldn't ask them if I didn't need the answers; you're the one who will suffer if I make a wrong assumption or am delayed because you don't answer. It just makes no sense to me.
Then again, (outside of work) I have a supervisor who refuses to make any type of decision, ever, or express any opinion, or do anything for which he could he held responsible. I've been off sick for a few weeks, now ready to return, and wanted to do a half-day as a gentle way back in. The rostering system doesn't include half-day duties, you have to ask for them to be setup. I emailed stating I was recovering well and "would you please set up a half-day turn for me on the system." After 72 hours he responded thus: "Noted. Thank you for the update". WTF??
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NO, you figure which the response is to, because I don{t give a WTf
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Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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it says bosston robotics on the video .. and it looks cgi..
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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huh, duh ...
I'd rather be phishing!
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Awesome!
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{"account-number": "1234"}
Seriously? A dash? I know some languages support that (I think Ruby? ) but really, can we get with modern and more standard keys that are easily serializable from the object? Now I'll have to code attributes for the key names.
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Well, at least it's not a space.
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Using a hex-editor one could add "08" right after the space, and most programs would not show it nor the space
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i ran into the same problem with XML and at one point had developed a complex naming and case transformation system that could split on camel, title, even CAPS_UNDERSCORE casing and transform to any of those, and it handled embedded "-"s by using XML serialization attributes
It seems like a lot of work, and it is, but something like that, if you're doing a lot of serialization like this, might become inevitable.
I'm not sure how it would all translate to JSON either - i guess that depends on what your JSON serialization code/lib looks like.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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account-number is JavaScript friendly like accountNumber.
Account_Number is SQL friendly (for example).
It does not bother me too much this types of key naming convention...
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T-SQL accepts [account number] , but that doesn't make it right.
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[account number] isn't development friendly, it's only for reports...
It's disgustingly horrible (for DataColumns).
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