Please Hesitate to Contact Me - Leave Me Alone Shirt
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Please Hesitate to Contact Me - Leave Me Alone Shirt
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Every email I sent for six years ended with the same open invitation, and people took it literally. Forty-one unread. Three flagged urgent by the sender. One from Gary asking if I saw his last one, sent four minutes after his last one. I have read all of them and plan to answer in the order they annoyed me, starting Thursday. The Quick Sync on my calendar runs ninety minutes with no agenda, so the camera stays off and the coffee goes cold. A funny office shirt for the coworker whose reply time is measured in fiscal quarters. Current status: away, with the green dot switched off by hand.
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PLEASE HESITATE over TO CONTACT ME in two centered rows of bold slab-serif typewriter capitals, both rows the same size. One ink, distressed with small specks and nicks through every letter. No punctuation, no border, nothing else.
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ASKING FOR A FRIEND
How to end an email professionally?
Close with one clear line, either the next step or a thank-you, then a standard sign-off such as Best regards or Thank you, then your name and title. A specific ask, like a date you need an answer by, does more work than a paragraph of pleasantries. The line inviting people to reach out anytime is optional, and some of us have quietly stopped offering it.
How to tell someone to stop contacting you politely?
Be brief and direct: thank them, state the boundary in one sentence, and skip the long explanation, which only invites a reply. At work, point them to the right person or channel instead, and mute the thread if it keeps going. If the contact turns into harassment, keep records and involve HR or the authorities. A slower reply time handles most of the merely chatty.
Why do I hate answering the phone?
Phone anxiety is common: a call arrives without warning, needs an answer in real time and leaves no chance to reread a reply before it goes out, so many people prefer text or email, where they set the pace. If the dread gets in the way of work or daily life, it is worth raising with a doctor or therapist. Otherwise, voicemail exists for a reason, and the reason is the rest of us.
