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Cannot delete unreplied messages3/27/2023 ![]() The only thing is, that’s not always true. We could all adopt the motto that Ellen Dux, a former film executive, said was popular in the film industry: “No response is the new no.” “People are very angry and frustrated with me,” she said. To me, it’s easier not to say something.”īut even invitations for play dates and other messages she wants to reply to often just drop to the bottom of the pile and go unheeded, until it’s too late. “I don’t think the nanny deserves the reference. “Recently, a nanny asked me for a job reference,” she said. Green said she may feel uncomfortable turning people down, so she will just ignore the query. ![]() While time is the major factor, it’s not the only one. “At this stage, there are so many requests from my children, I can’t deal with requests from adults.” ![]() If people didn’t respond, I thought it was unprofessional and rude.” Now, the mother of 2-year-old triplets, she’s the one no one can get hold of.“If people send me a message that I don’t want to deal with, it’s easier not to respond,” Ms. When she worked as a lawyer, “I used to live by my BlackBerry. Notoya Green, of Manhattan, knows both sides. You delete it and hope it goes away, just like if someone comes to your door and you pretend you’re not home.” Over the last few years, Adam Boettiger, a digital marketing consultant based in Portland, Ore., said, “We’ve seen an increase in the nonresponse rather than just politely declining. It’s not nice to leave people hanging, but I do.” “Then I feel even worse for not replying and put it off again. “I want to say ‘no’, but feel that the right thing is to say ‘yes’, so I am frozen and then I plan on going back to the e-mail to draft a reply, but it gets buried,” she said. My friend Janine said she would drop the ball when she was invited to something she didn’t want to go to but thought she should. One is fear of commitment or a hesitation to say no. And, of course, there’s always the possibility your e-mail ended up in the junk or spam folder.īut there are more emotional reasons as well. Checking their e-mails on one device, like a smartphone, making a mental note to reply more in-depth later, and then forgetting, is another. Lack of time and too many e-mails are the most common reasons people say they don’t reply (although some of the busiest people I know are the most prompt responders). I was somewhat surprised to get so many responses from people who went into quite some detail explaining why they don’t respond to e-mails.įirst of all, I’m talking about answering friends or colleagues, not people you don’t know who are trying to sell or pitch something. I was curious to hear their side of the story, so I sent out the question to friends (via e-mail) and out over some Web sites. So this time I’m going to focus on the laggards. I’ve written about the problem of expecting instant responses. Those are the ones who can barely look up from their smartphones, even while walking or dining, because they are so intent on answering every query. The nonresponders - the ones who regularly let e-mails slide through the cracks - are at the opposite end of the spectrum from the constant responders. “There’s no norm with digital communication.” But I’m going to concentrate on e-mails because for most people (teenage sons excepted), they are the most common tool of business and personal communication.Ī large part of the problem, said Terri Kurtzberg, an associate professor of management and global business at Rutgers Business School, is that in face-to-face or phone conversations, “it’s clear how long a silence should last before you need to respond,” she said. Unreturned phone calls, texts and messages via social media can be just as irritating. But like everyone else, I’ve also had times when friends seem to inexplicably drop out of sight and my mind races as I pick through our past interactions, wondering if I’ve somehow offended them. ![]() In this case, it was business-related and the issues were resolved, later rather than sooner. I don't really want an additional column prior to the table and I would like to essentially do something like this in VBA after filtering to delete all rows matching a criteria.OVER the last few weeks, I’ve repeatedly run up against one of the classic frustrations of modern life - sending out e-mails and hearing nothing back. ![]() repeat above and you can delete multiple filtered rows with columns in the table hidden. Add a blank column into the worksheet so that the table starts in Column B. Instead of selecting entire rows, select a range of cells in the table for the rows to delete then right click, delete, Entire Sheet Row. OK in doing this post I appear to have now found a couple of workarounds.ġ. Select more than one row and try to delete rows.Įrror: This won't work because it will move cells in a table on your worksheetĮrror: Can't move cells in a filtered range or table ![]()
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