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In the first case there is so much {{wasteprov|waiting}}: the time it takes to compose that [[email]], setting out the issue clearly, the pros and cons and the desired outcome. Then the {{wasteprov|waiting}}. The wondering. The nervousness. The stress. The heart flutters, as you neurotically pick petals off the daisy. Has he read it? Will he soon? Does he even ''care''? Should I maybe send a follow-up [[email]]<ref>It will never occur to a negotiator to call.</ref>? Will I seem needy? | In the first case there is so much {{wasteprov|waiting}}: the time it takes to compose that [[email]], setting out the issue clearly, the pros and cons and the desired outcome. Then the {{wasteprov|waiting}}. The wondering. The nervousness. The stress. The heart flutters, as you neurotically pick petals off the daisy. Has he read it? Will he soon? Does he even ''care''? Should I maybe send a follow-up [[email]]<ref>It will never occur to a negotiator to call.</ref>? Will I seem needy? | ||
If you just call him, you get the warmth of human contact right off the bat, you get to lay out the issue directly without all that formatting and colour coding, and if you really need to you can (and okay, probably should) send him an [[email]] afterwards memorialising what you discussed — this can be shorter, since you | If you just call him, you get the warmth of human contact right off the bat, you get to lay out the issue directly without all that formatting and colour coding, and if you really need to you can (and okay, probably should) send him an [[email]] ''afterwards'' memorialising what you discussed — this can be shorter, since you don’t need to lay out all the explanatory detail, and no need for colour-coding — and also you are not waiting on anything from this email: you have the [[oral]] decision, you can go — the credit dude can confirm in due course. | ||
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