Posted by gardenergirl on March 14, 2008, at 15:19:12
In reply to Lou's reply to deputy-ppsgtabnwbg » Deputy 10derHeart, posted by Lou Pilder on March 14, 2008, at 13:47:37
> If you have not contacted the other deputies, could you contact the other deputies and ask them if they received the notification and either post here or email me as to what you find out? If you could, then I could have the opportunity to make my own determination as to if I do or do not have to send the notification again to receive a reply or to see it addressed on the thread that it was posted on.
> LouLou,
Do you realize that at the very same time you appear to be objecting to what you perceive as "having additional terms and conditions added", you are asking Deputy 10derheart to perform additional tasks beyond what a deputy would normally do in the course of addressing a notification from a poster? What do you think about that?When it came up before, and it would seem as it was requested now, the request to re-send the notification is about making it easier to locate, open, read, and begin the process of addressing the notification. If I had asked that of you in a similar situation when I was still a deputy, I would be asking you for this assistance (resending the notification) so that I could more efficiently meet your need of getting a response. In my case, notifications came to my email inbox along with all the other emails that email address received. Emails from a day or two ago could easily move to the second page or deeper into the inbox, and this would make it more difficult to locate a specific message. If I asked and you had sent it again, I would be prepared to watch for it, and I would almost certainly spot a message I was expecting. So essentially, a reasonable person would conclude that Deputy 10derheart is asking you, quite politely, for your assistance so that she can assist you more efficiently. It would seem likely that she wishes to address your notification as quickly as she can since you've been waiting. And it is not a stretch to come to the conclusion that she believes that if you resend the message, she will be able to find it more efficiently.
You certainly can choose not to help out as she requested, but can you see how helpfully re-sending the message could result in getting a response of some kind sooner than if she first has to take the time to search for your message among the many in her inbox? If I were Deputy 10derheart, I would appreciate feeling able to work together with you to meet your need, and I would value mutual courtesy, flexibility, and a pragmatic, problem-solving approach. I know from experience that is certainly available from Deputy 10derheart. I hope you feel comfortable joining with her so that she can provide you with the response to your notification as soon as she is able.
And as I preview this message, I recall that the last time I offered this type of information, I came to the conclusion that it wasn't really about the specific notification at all at that point, but rather how you interpreted the delay in response and how you later interpreted the request to re-send. My conclusion could be wrong, I admit. But if it's accurate, than it would seem that any assistance offered that was geared towards what appeared to be the primary problem, getting you a speedy response to your notification, would be less likely to be satisfactory. Yeah, this is coming back to me more now. And yet, I'm throwing this out there for you anyway. For whatever it's worth...
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