> * Organise a Skype/Teams/whatever call in a few hours time and feel guilty about it, as it feels rude to just ring someone as they could be occupied or busy.
Why is it more rude to call someone on teams where they can just decline the call than to swivel in your chair and start talking to them?
If anything, I think etiquette has improved in our situation. No more in person interruptions or people just hovering at the edge of your vision to get attention. No more loudly conversing colleagues in the open plan office.
Instead we have lines dropped in chat or more carefully crafted emails for longer questions.
I hate Microsoft Exchange/Outlook's calendar system (integrates with Skype for Business/Teams) for that.
A person can be scheduled in for an hour's long meeting but it actually only takes 10 minutes, but you check the person's status after the 10 minutes and it still says 'In a meeting' (usually differentiates with 'In a call' if they're actually in a call, but it's quite unreliable and you don't know if maybe they're having technical problems and are just about to reconnect).
Why is it more rude to call someone on teams where they can just decline the call than to swivel in your chair and start talking to them?
If anything, I think etiquette has improved in our situation. No more in person interruptions or people just hovering at the edge of your vision to get attention. No more loudly conversing colleagues in the open plan office.
Instead we have lines dropped in chat or more carefully crafted emails for longer questions.