And finally… Ugh, don’t call, just text me
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A “two-email limit” has been imposed on lawyers in England’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in a bid to encourage younger members of staff, whose entire generation appear to have telephonophobia, to pick up the phone.
Stephen Parkinson, the director of public prosecutions, has ordered a clamp-down on long email chains between CPS staff and police.
The move is aimed at speeding up charging decisions, The Times reports.
Mr Parkinson said: “Many issues are just solved quicker through a call rather than through endless email exchanges.”
He said members of staff “who are a bit older” are “used to picking up the phone”, and it appeared to be a “generational thing”.
“Seemingly simple measures, such as encouraging lawyers and police to pick up the phone, can make a big difference,” he added.
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