Want to Meet? Here’s My Scheduling Link With No Availability

So many of us have felt the cold sting of scheduling software disrespect. A colleague sends a scheduling link, her next available opening is in 10 days, and you feel like your position on her priority list is somewhere below nine full days of people and activities. Or her software is clunky and several minutes later, you are exasperated and still unbooked, and she is oblivious.

Popular programs like Schedulicity, Acuity and Calendly allow users to book, reschedule and cancel appointments on a user’s calendar, but can also provoke grievances. But online scheduling-software can leave a lot of room for social faux pas, and is now drawing the ire of some users on Twitter. The cause of resentment is that the tools often inadvertently signal a value difference between the two parties’ time.