Yo, I was hoping to chat about fizzing buzzes today. You in the office; wanna grab coffee? If you prefer you can call or we can just chat on slack? Anyway I thought it would be best if we foo’d the bars in that order on project A.

Easy. No naked ping. No pressure. Question already in the open. No expectations. Will find out if able to meet in person. Will get an initial response.

check teams and see if someone's in the office because then you can go talk to them directly.

The fuck you do. You send them a message asking if they're in the office, and if you can come distract them for a minute about NNN.

Don't be the asshole who breaks people's concentration because your question is more important for you than their work

There it is. I was right. "Talk to them directly". That demonstrates a huge problem in your work environment.

This is how side decisions get made. This is how things skip getting written down. This is how you break protocols, and risk other people wasting time to do some properly because you just took it up with someone. It kills asymmetric work. It make growth difficult as your office expands to other countries and offices. Documentation gets worse, responsibilities get worse.

This is what ruins work from home.