[hudsonjr]

I am wondering if this comes from "visual" mangers and execs. I used to have an exec that would try to drop big off the top of his head projects on me as he was walking by my cube. I'd usually say, "I'm right up against a deadline, but will look into it" and then go to my manager and say "wtf". I don't think we ever did anything with any of those spontaneous ideas.

There were also managers from other departments that would not do anything over e-mail or chat. They'd traverse across campus to ask questions or "have a quick chat". It always annoyed me as it would be things I could find out, but couldn't really speak to off the top of my head. Things that would be perfect to handle over e-mail initially, and then talk in person if more context is needed. Sometimes I was not even the intended target of conversation, it's just whoever they were looking for was not at their desk.