[hashmp]

This is interesting, as I sometimes do this. I don't like just writing an email requesting something and flinging it off to someone without talking to them in person. I put everything I need into an email. I'll then pop over just to say hey and explain. I guess I do this with people I don't usually communicate with.

Surely face to face contact is a good thing?

[stephengillie]

This duplication of communication confuses me. At which employer is the work pace slow enough to have so much face time? And how do you handle this with your remote coworkers, or those on completely different shifts?

[kruczek]

> At which employer is the work pace slow enough to have so much face time?

I think the point is exactly opposite - you duplicate this communication when the thing is urgent. Face time creates this sense of urgency, whereas a simple email may be sitting in an inbox for days.

Of course, if communication is duplicated for every little meaningless detail, then I agree it probably means people have too much free time.