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« on: July 24, 2011, 05:15:07 pm »
Welcome.  Here are some replies that might help -

Ask how urgent their request is, not "is it urgent" - they will always tell you it's urgent - get the requestor to put a time frame on it, then say...sorry, I am in the middle of something right now but will get to it later this morning, this afternoon, tomorrow.

If it's not urgent, it can wait and you can add it to your pile of tasks.  You can't do everything immediately and not every task is urgent, even though you will get told it is.

One thing you have to learn as an assistant is to prioritise your workload.  I used to get asked this question so many times at interview.
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