For example I’ll send an e-mail with 3 questions and will only get an answer to one of the questions. It’s worse when there are 2 yes/no questions with a question that is obviously not a yes/no question. Then I get a response of

Yes

back in the e-mail. So which question are they answering?

Mainly I’m asking all of you why do people insist on only answering 1 question out of an e-mail where there are multiple? Do people just not read? Are people that lazy? What is going on?

Edit at this point I’ve got the answers . Some are too lazy to actually read. Some admit they get focused on one item and forget to go back. I understand the second group. The first group yeah no excuse there.

Continuing edit: there are comments where people have tried the bullet points and they say it still doesn’t help. I might put the needed questions in red.

  • ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz
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    6 days ago

    Even when we converse, we get across just one point at a time. You have to respect other people’s time and bandwidth (Okay, one or two points).

    • douglasg14b@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      Yes because when are conversing in person you are conversing synchronously.

      Only one person talks at a time and for the most part only one major subject idea question or problem is considered at a time. You talk about one thing and then you move along and talk about another thing.

      This is not necessarily the case with written language. Where you have the benefit of talking about many things, changing subjects, and listing information out. And the reader can work through this at their own leisure and at their own pace without feeling overwhelmed

      • ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz
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        6 days ago

        I’ve had my fair share of issues with not getting a complete response from e-mails. And so I changed the way I look at it. It’s not like it will take weeks to get all the information you need just because you didn’t get everything in one go.

        • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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          6 days ago

          Speak for yourself. We’ve had YEARS of delay because someone answered “no” to a 2 part question when they completely ignored the first part.

          • ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz
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            6 days ago

            Even you ignored the first part of what I said, but I don’t blame you. That’s how conversations go.

            • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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              5 days ago

              You weren’t speaking to me, just making a general statement. Under those circumstances it’s perfectly reasonable to address only part of someone else’s statement.