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What to text back when your boss says « Do you have time for a quick call today? »

Already decoded. Here's what they actually meant, the specific words doing the damage, and three replies ranked by what we'd send.

Boss

Do you have time for a quick call today?

Vague on purpose

What they actually meant

They have a quick question or small task and are too lazy to type it out. Stop spiraling, this is standard boss behavior and almost definitely not an ambush.

How loaded this is · pretty chill

Replies you can send

Keep it calm

Yep, free anytime after 2. What's up?

Hold your ground

Can't hop on a call today, but shoot over what you need and I'll handle it.

Change the game

We'd send this one

Tied up for a bit, what's it regarding so I can prep?

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