Simple Questions

Simple questions usually require simple answers. But not around here. I sent an email to Yvonne the other day because I was unsure about whether or not she works full time. See the last couple of months she was on a modified work schedule. Which as far as I could tell meant she worked about 2 random hours a week. She was supposed to go back to full time and notify staff at the start of June. No one has yet seen that notification. So I just asked her myself.

To: Yvonne
Subject: your schedule

Are you in the office full time now? It would be helpful to know for future scheduling of meetings. thanks!

Seems straight forward enough right?

From: Yvonne

Subject: RE: your schedule

Hi

When I am going to be working off site or out I will note the times on my calendar.

Yvonne

Hrm. For about 2 minutes I struggled with whether or not to point out she had completely not answered my question. But what the hell, why not?

To: Yvonne
Subject: RE: your schedule

Thanks, that's helpful to know when using your calendar for scheduling. You didn't really answer my question though about whether or not you work in the office full time again. If your schedule is back to full time, it would be helpful for staff to know in case any HR issues come up. If you're still not full time, then it's great for us to be able to tell people when they can contact you.

So she ended up finally replying with an answer. And maybe this seems like an insignificant exchange. And maybe you think I'm overreacting. But think about it, should it require this much energy to get a yes or no answer to a yes or no question?

I don't know if she's trying to insult my intelligence or her own.

Sheesh.