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Outlook v. Notes, passive-aggressive style

So, at work, we use Lotus Notes for everything, and I do mean everything. While I’m not a huge fan of it, it does work well since I’m often disconnected from our network and can keep replicas of a lot of databases and information locally. For the project I’m working on, the client uses Exchange—of course—and is insistent that we use it as well.

Now, I’m not one to like checking multiple emails, so both myself and my coworkers forward all our emails to our Notes accounts, which works fine, except for meeting invitations. Now we’re being lectured that we absolutely must use Outlook for everything, which means I can’t have one calendar for everything, or one mailbox for all my work email.

This, combined with being told that even if a meeting room is empty all day, we can’t use it for 5 minutes for an impromptu meeting without reserving it, is making me think of the kind of passive-aggressive control freaks that drive me insane.