Personalities: The Night Shifter

In accounting, there’s FIFO (First one in, first one out) and LIFO (Last one in first one out), but in the world of e-mail there’s the online equivalent of “last man standing.” This is the work fanatic who thrives of demonstrating their dedication and commitment t work. This person leverages the late-night equivalent of the “Time Stamp” as a signal that you are everywhere, everyplace, armed and ready to respond, even to a fellow night-shifter who thinks (erroneously) that he or she can drop an e-mail at 2:00 AM without a nary a response from the recipient group until mid-morning. Usually these folks are in some need of counseling.