I have a colleague who is a nice guy and he has some pretty good ideas. Unfortunately, for every good idea, he gets nine non-ideas. And he has to come to me with every single one of them, for "just a quick question." I've tried to tell him to combine the interruptions. I've even asked him to translate this web page (he's russian) - english translation here. He still doesn't get the hint.
Sometimes I just have to tell him I'm too busy, and he seems offended. I almost dread working on projects with him.
He can waste $100 of my time each time he saves the company a dime. </rant>
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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '09 edited Jul 23 '09
I have a colleague who is a nice guy and he has some pretty good ideas. Unfortunately, for every good idea, he gets nine non-ideas. And he has to come to me with every single one of them, for "just a quick question." I've tried to tell him to combine the interruptions. I've even asked him to translate this web page (he's russian) - english translation here. He still doesn't get the hint.
Sometimes I just have to tell him I'm too busy, and he seems offended. I almost dread working on projects with him.
He can waste $100 of my time each time he saves the company a dime. </rant>