Quote Originally Posted by bighit View Post
other businesses can cope with calls during the day. I had to when my boss was not in work as do many others. why not set aside half an hour a day to deal with the emails or left messages? other one man band workers no doubt do it
because I do that in the evening. that way it does not interfere with the working day. some one rings me during the day. I may have some part in my hands at that time. after the phone conversation I cant remember where I put the part so its better to just carry on with what I'm doing and reply later in the evening