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The answer to this actually ties into why the Japanese have such a reputation for toxic work culture. You might have heard about long hours at Japanese workplaces. The real reason for this is communication. For example, if the boss means to say ‘Hey Shinji, please write this report for me by 3:30 pm on Tuesday’, it will usually go
‘Hey Shinji…’
‘Yes?’
‘Could you…unless…’
‘Uhhh what?’
‘Write this report?’
‘Ok’
blush ‘by 3:30?’
‘Wtf there’s barely enough time wtf’
‘Oh, is that a problem?’
whips out gun and points at own head ‘I can’t!!’
‘Oh…could it be done by tuesday?’
collapses
5 hours from now, the employee has recovered from the unnecessary dialogue and is working on the assignment till 11:00 pm
Remove the emotes and it's your average AmeriKKKan MS Teams exchange with a boomer who starts every conversation with "Are you there?" as if chat is a synchronous medium and they need to wait for the fucking dial tone before sending over a request
Edit: I say "boomer" here, but my worst offender -- who is the one guy that I have called out on it -- is like 28
Absolutely love to get a Teams message that just says “Hi” with no follow up or context
And then a meeting request two hours later
My boss is Canadian and does the same thing, minus the deadline:
"It would be nice if X...."
"So do you want me to do X?"
"Let's circle back later and see if we have time."
Later:
"Hey, why isn't X done?"
I am mashing the A button in my mind right now to skip the bad dialogue.