I am writing this entry instead of writing an email

[yuuago]

Man, writing emails makes me want to keel over.

At work, it's no problem; I can send hundreds of work-related emails every day without breaking a sweat. It's not a big deal at all.

But outside of work, writing a short email to ask someone a very simple question makes me want to dig a hole and stay in there, like some kind of very anxious badger.

Why.

(Brains, am I right?)

Comments

[straightforwardly]

I feel like it's easier to do some things at work than in real life because of the whole sense of responsibility/"it's your job" framing. Like, for me personally, calling someone on the phone to make an appointment? Impossible. But I use the phone without hesitation all the time at work, because I have to.

[kanadka]

Aw, I feel that so hard. ❤️ I definitely feel like, if at work, it's not really me, because it's job-me, and everyone knows it! We're all suffering thru capitalism, so it isn't personal! Easier imo to shrug off emails, or phone calls, or what-not. But when it's really-me the stakes seem much higher.

[ireneultramarine]

Maybe it's something to do with the formulaic nature of work/school emails? As long as you put the right words in the right order, nothing can go too wrong. Whenever I contact someone outside of work/school contexts though, I'll have to be more careful with what I say and how I phrase it, so that I think I'm not coming off as too serious/flippant/disrespectful/rude etc.

Man, this social interaction thing is hard...

[yuuago]

True! If you have to, then... you have to! xD

[yuuago]

Yeah, that's probably what it is.

The funny thing is that like - a lot of the time when my brain is going haywire over "oh no, gotta send an email", I'm... contacting somebody else's "Worksona". So really, it's work-selves all the way down.

[yuuago]

Yeah, the script sure helps. "Have run report for month X. See attached. Please let me know if anything needs to be changed." Or whatever.

But outside of that... Aaaaah.

Being a human is such a challenge. :|a

[hokuton_punch]

BRAINS! You're so right! /o\

[octahedrite]

It's because emails suck. x(

[yuuago]

You'd think they'd be able to function better, but no!

[yuuago]

Now, that's really getting to the heart of the issue. :D