‘Can we get this by EOD?’ Corporate culture has turned everything into an ‘emergency’, but is it really?
If you are reading this during work hours, there is a good chance someone, somewhere (perhaps in the same room), is waiting for you to ‘revert ASAP’. Maybe they need a project ‘by EOD’, have marked you on that ‘high priority’ email loop, or simply told you to come on a ‘quick call’.