My team lead will email me his expectations for the day and I'll email him a list of what got accomplished and other information. He actually really enjoys having email abilities with a team member. IMO is once you been with spot for a certain amount of time you should get access to email especially backroom and sales floor because we all know communication among leadership sucks
I truly try not to be a smartass at work but it's how I make it through the day without giving people a punch in the face