Frequently Ignored Questions

Frequently Ignored Questions

By Graham & ClayBusinessEntrepreneurship
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Frequently Ignored Questions episodes

  • 😉

    We tackle pressing questions such as:

    • Is the winky face condescending? 😉
    • Are emojis unprofessional in the workplace? 😘
    • 💩
    • Can a woman mansplain? 💁‍♀

      • This episode also features the podcast's first ever anonymous caller 🤫who tells their story of an emoji skin tone picker going awry!

      34 min
    • Should you show your video on Zoom?

      In another pandemic special, we cover Zoom once again, in particular:

      • Should you show yourself on video?
      • Is it an invasion of privacy to explicitly request someone on a call show their video?
      • Why is the 5 seconds between when everyone says goodbye and when a Zoom call actually ends so awkward?
      • Is not showing yourself on video with someone trying to sell to you a power move?
        • 29 min
      • How many inboxes do you have?

        We tackle the insane multitude of chat/messaging features within apps in the modern age. Comment in your podcasting app with what you think, we'll send you an email in response, and then you can text us, we'll reply via whatsapp, you can DM us on instagram, we'll get back to you via Linkedin message, and you can round this all out by Facebook messaging us.

        15 min
      • I'm literally lol'ing out loud

        The modern challenges of communicating laughter digitally. We address such important questions as:

        • What's the difference between: Lol, LOL, LOLOL, Hahahaha, LMAO, ROTFL, and "literally dead"?
        • Is saying "lol'ing" is nonsensical or is it acceptable in the same way "ATM Machine" is (even though "ATM Machine" is not acceptable FYI)?
        • Is dying of laughter a legitimate medical concern? (You actually don't have to listen to this to find out the answer. The answer is "no", or you can just google it)
          • 13 min
        • Social Norms on Zoom during a Pandemic

          Critical questions raised such as:

          • If your Zoom call ends after 40 minutes because you're too cheap to pay for a full account, but the call was sort of about to end anyway, do you dial back in?
          • Does the size of someone's notebook in a meeting correlate with how high level their job position is?
          • In a work meeting is the person taking notes the group secretary or the most powerful person in the room?
          • On a Zoom Happy Hour, why when one person says they have to go does everyone start dropping like flies?



            • 23 min
          • Baby on board

            Nothing to do with office culture, but there was really so much to say on this one we couldn't help but make an episode. Why do people have baby on board stickers? Are you less likely to hit a car that has that sticker? Is it fraudulent to put the sticker on before your baby is born? Who is enforcing this??

            10 min
          • Are you a clockwatcher?

            Is the 40 hour workweek dead? Are you above watching the clock at work or do you just pretend to be? When there is never an end to the work you could be doing, do you have any choice but to timebox? Is your life itself just a giant timebox?

            8 min
          • A Shitty Discussion (#2)

            The much anticipated final installment (#2) of our limited series on workplace bathrooms.

            Many serious and important questions addressed, including:

            • Are modern workplace bathrooms designed for discomfort to minimize time on toilet (TOT)?
            • Is it inappropriate to discuss work related matters in the bathroom?
            • Eye contact at the sink? Urinal?
            • Is it worth rotating your shoes in order avoid recognition from your stall mates? 
              • 17 min

            About Frequently Ignored Questions

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            What is the purpose of an email signoff if it already says who it's from?