In 30 seconds
In a short comic sketch, Shira Lazar runs through a sequence of follow-up messages to an unresponsive contact. The messages move from scheduling links and press releases to holiday greetings and another request to connect.
- 1The first follow-upsThe sender asks to chat and offers a scheduling link.
- 2New reasons to reconnectLater messages mention a press release and a LinkedIn event.
- 3Another yearHoliday greetings become yet another opportunity to request a meeting.
Takeaways
- The sketch starts with a request to discuss possible collaboration.
- Each follow-up supplies a new reason to reappear in the recipient’s inbox.
- The joke continues through holiday greetings and into the next year.
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A chain of unanswered messages
Lazar performs a succession of increasingly persistent follow-ups. The sketch ends with requests to connect in the new year.
In a comic sketch, Shira Lazar acts out a series of messages to a contact who does not respond. The sender first asks about opportunities to collaborate, checks in again and offers a Calendly link.
The follow-ups keep coming: the sender brings the message back to the top of the inbox, shares a press release and mentions seeing the contact at an event on LinkedIn. Each new detail becomes another reason to ask for a conversation.
The sender checks in about the next quarter, then moves on to holiday greetings and requests to connect next year—and, after New Year, this year. The escalating repetition is the joke.
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