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by sbov 2889 days ago
I know what the original comment asked, which is why I did not answer that original comment. But this most recent comment did not ask that:

> I'm a bit confused by this. It is selfish, in the workplace to ask a colleague for help who sits an arm's length away?

> Be it via Slack or shoulder tap, you're breaking their concentration regardless. Whatever task they were doing, is now being stopped because of the ask for help.

I was responding to this. They are now asking from the point of view of the person doing the interrupting. The statement about Slack vs shoulder tap is not true for me, and I would guess it is not true for a lot of people. Someone asking a question via Slack does not break my concentration.