It was early summer break in 2023 — the part where kids are excited to be out of school and working parents are trying to balance their need to make money with paying for summer camp with taking kids on summertime adventures. That’s when freelance journalist Meg St-Esprit got a “snippy” response from a work contact when she didn’t respond immediately to an email. “I generally reply quickly, but there’s not this expectation that it’s instant messaging,” she tells Yahoo Life.
