[Patentpractice] Is it rude... and do you care

Tue Feb 6 14:15:58 EST 2024

Wow that's a nice offer.  Can I call you in a couple years?

On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 1:31 PM Jim Boff via Patentpractice <
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> Yes….
>
> No….
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> If they don’t know me, and I don’t know them, a brusque response saves
> everybody’s time.
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> I will save the dubious pleasure of long discussions with people I don’t
> know and don’t care about for when I’m retired.
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> *From:* Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On
> Behalf Of *Suzannah K. Sundby via Patentpractice
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> *Cc:* Suzannah K. Sundby <suzannah at canadylortz.com>
> *Subject:* [Patentpractice] Is it rude... and do you care
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> When receiving a cold call by some vendor who is in the process of giving
> their 10+ minute spew (without pausing for a breath) of the IP services
> they provide, e.g., docketing, processing, drawings… yada yada yada…
>
>
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> Do you think it is rude to interrupt and simply tell them you are not
> interested… and when they jump right back into their 10+ minute spew again…
> to interrupt again and tell them you are not interested?
>
>
> And, do you care if you are rude when you do it?
>
>
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> When we bill by the hour and time is so precious to us… and one little
> interruption that lasts a minute or so actually results in a disruption of
> at least 15 minutes for one’s brain to get back to doing what it was doing…
>
>
>
> I interrupt the spew and tell them I’m not interested and when they
> insist, I more assertively tell them I am not interested… and I’ve had a
> few where they still insist, so I’ve hung up on them.
>
>
>
> Then I briefly feel bad for being rude… but again… When we bill by the
> hour and time is so precious to us… and one little interruption that lasts
> a minute or so actually results in a disruption of at least 15 minutes for
> one’s brain to get back to doing what it was doing…
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> Wondering what others do/think…
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> Suzannah K. Sundby
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