| It's all about trusting that other people have decent understanding of whether or not an interruption is warranted. I don't have the sort of wife who interrupts me during work hours or whilst on business trips with trivial things, so I can trust that if she initiated such a call she believes that I'll be glad I was interrupted. The question about the dog would most certainly arrive via email. As to your other point, I worked with a lot of people over the years, and if I trusted their judgment then I picked up their calls whilst at home. If they had a track record of calling me with non-urgent items that would've been better dealt with at a later point in time, they went to voicemail which I listened to at my convenience. So truly, if you're offended when I answer my wife's calls, that's your problem. ---- edit: real life addendum. When my wife's father died while I was on a business trip, she not only didn't call me, she tried to pretend nothing was wrong when we talked that night, because she felt it was more important that I be 100% on my game for the final day of my trip, than that she have my comfort a day early. There are some people who are thoughtless about the impact they have on their partner's careers. My wife is not one of them. If she called me during your utterly ridiculous hypothetical scenario, it would be because of something equally ridiculous. Perhaps she found out you're a hitman. So again... if you're bothered by my wife calling you, that's your problem. Deal with it. |
It was the moustache wasn't it .. can't believe she saw through it.