# Everything you’re waiting on

The lease, the laptops, the insurance audit. Each is a thread, and Waiting becomes Monday’s list of who to chase.

## At a glance

- **For:** Anyone with a dozen things in flight.
- **You keep:** An Ops folder with one thread per matter.
- **Nothing to set up:** A short note after every call, email or decision.
- **The moment:** On Monday, List filtered to Waiting shows what’s stuck, and each last note says who to chase and why.
- **Plan:** Free · No account needed. Pro to see the same threads on your phone and share one with your manager.

## Before

You run operations at a 30-person company and have fourteen things open. The landlord answers by email, the vendor on Telegram, the CEO in Slack. Your task app keeps the task and loses the story, your notes keep the story and lose the state, and the chats lose both.

## Why a thread, not a task app, a note or a chat

### The state and the story together

Waiting tells you it’s stuck. The last note tells you why, and on whom.

### Three vendors at once

Columns puts three vendor threads side by side, and each one opens where you left it.

### Still there next year

Archive a thread that’s Done to take it out of your lists; it still turns up in Search, accents or not.

## The moment

Monday, 10:00: who to chase this week.

Example list:

- Ops · Lease renewal · Landlord to send the draft by 20 February. · Waiting
- Ops · Laptops for March hires · Sent both quotes to Mark for approval. · Waiting
- Ops · Insurance audit · The broker needs the fire-safety certificate by Friday. · Waiting
- Ops · Cleaning contract · Two offers due on Wednesday. · Waiting

## A thread, over time

Your workspace starts empty.

### Laptops for March hires

Ops · Active

#### Tue 3 Feb

**You** · 10:15

- [x] 8 laptops, 14 inch
- [x] Budget approved
- [ ] Quote
- [ ] Order
- [ ] Set up accounts

#### Thu 5 Feb

*A line after each call, while it’s fresh.*

**You** · 11:24

Called the Dell rep at 11:20. Quote by Friday; delivery 10 days after the order.

#### Mon 9 Feb

*The comparison sits next to the calls it came from.*

**You** · 09:40

| Vendor | Per laptop | Delivery | Warranty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dell | €1,180 | 10 days | 3 years |
| Lenovo | €1,090 | 3 weeks | 1 year |

*Waiting, and the note says on whom. Waiting*

**You** · 09:52

Sent both quotes to Mark for approval.

#### Thu 12 Feb

**You** · 16:30

Mark: go with Dell.

#### Fri 13 Feb

**You** · 10:05

Ordered, purchase order 4471. Arrives 26 February.

## Also

Messages can file themselves too: forward them from Telegram, mention your Slack app, or filter your email, as in [Out of the chats, into the right thread](https://thread.page/use-cases/chat-messages.md).

## Start with one thread.

[Start a thread](https://thread.page/app)

Free in your browser. No account needed to start.

More use cases

### [Out of the chats, into the right thread](https://thread.page/use-cases/chat-messages.md)

Forward a Telegram message to your own bot, set up once in n8n or Make, and tap the thread it belongs to. Slack mentions and filtered emails file themselves.

Pro · messages from your apps

### [A residence permit and a mortgage, at once](https://thread.page/use-cases/paperwork.md)

Each letter, call and photo goes into its thread, and Waiting marks what’s out of your hands. “I sent it on 7 August” is a fact.

Free · nothing to set up

[All use cases](https://thread.page/use-cases.md)