Coworker insists every discussion happen on a call, then ghosts meetings and delays project for weeks, forcing manager to step in: ‘She’s withholding the information I need to do my work’ – FAIL Blog

It’s curious how some people still prefer verbal communication over written messages nowadays. Okay, that’s perfectly fine when you need to solve something fast. A quick 5-minute call can be faster than an email chain. But having calls for everything is simply not practical and not productive. Sometimes you just send a message, and that’s the end of the story. And if the quick 5-minute call takes a month to happen… Then it’s not an efficient 5-minute call. The call itself became the obstacle rather than the solution. And more importantly, if you know you’re not going to make it, the least you can do is send the information in writing so your colleague can continue working.