Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So when you are working on a priority item that is due within an hour and you get an email that is asap, you just drop what you are doing?
I never have ghis issue with my other coworkers and when I’m the one on the receiving end U always ask about the urgency when U’m eirking on a priority item, and I always get the answer that they don’t need it right away.
Again, it means as soon as possible. So, say you are doing CPR on someone and your boss asks you to write a report ASAP. Do you stop CPR to write the report? No, because it’s not possible at the moment. No problem. On the other hand, say you are cleaning your office and your boss says they need a report ASAP. Do you finish cleaning your office? No, you work on the report instead, at that very moment.
Anonymous wrote:ASAP means drop everything and do it now.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So when you are working on a priority item that is due within an hour and you get an email that is asap, you just drop what you are doing?
I never have ghis issue with my other coworkers and when I’m the one on the receiving end U always ask about the urgency when U’m eirking on a priority item, and I always get the answer that they don’t need it right away.
Again, it means as soon as possible. So, say you are doing CPR on someone and your boss asks you to write a report ASAP. Do you stop CPR to write the report? No, because it’s not possible at the moment. No problem. On the other hand, say you are cleaning your office and your boss says they need a report ASAP. Do you finish cleaning your office? No, you work on the report instead, at that very moment.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How does “as soon as possible” translate to “whoever you get around to it” in your mind?
OP here. To clarify “When you get around to it”- I meant you do this thing once you got around to your other priorities.
Clearly, we are not unanimous about asap.
We are unanimous except for you.
Anonymous wrote:Your employer is more accurate than you. It means the soonest possible time, which includes now if that is possible. It definitely does not mean when you get around to it. It means highest priority. You are not using it correctly.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You mean to say “at your earliest convenience.” Not ASAP.
This. ASAP means right away, top priority. Sorry, op, you’ve got it wrong.
Anonymous wrote:I would think it would mean by the end of the day, as long as I have everything I need to get it done. If the task requires me to do something that I can't accomplish by the end of the day, I'd probably email back "before tallying the end of month googaws, I need Laura's FLART report, which she only does on Tuesdays. Will tomorrow be ok?"
If my boss wanted me to drop everything and do something NOW, they'd say so. Otherwise, ASAP means "when you have what you need to get it done."
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes, in current culture it means right now, not when I find the time. There's an urgency to ASAP.
Why are you saying “current culture” as if it used to mean something else? This is what it has always meant. I have no idea how OP misinterpreted so completely.