Anyone else getting assigned “quick tasks” that consistently take hours? My entire day is death by a thousand 15-minute requests. How do you start telling people no without becoming the office villain?

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Wanting to focus on YOUR work instead of someone else's isn't going to make you a villain. It just means you're no longer going to be a doormat, which is a good thing. You don't have to be rude about it. You can simply say you don't have the time for it right now and leave it at that.

If I have time, I’d be happy to look over it. However, I have this and that first. I do not mind those quick tasks, but they are usually a time sink and not something I want to blindly agree to.

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