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disbelief11) wrote2007-01-16 08:44 pm
disbelief11) wrote2007-01-16 08:44 pm
Questions, Always Questions
I am constantly amazed at the number of people who can't answer a simple, direct question. People, listen up: I asked you something specific because I need the information in order to help you or plan a time to meet you or to figure out how long I need to block out in my schedule for you, etc.
So, when the conversation goes like this -
Me: "Are you looking for (A) or (B)?"
Person: "Blah blah blah...yadayadayada (nothing even tangentially related to either A or B)"
- I get frustrated.
Darling Flist, do you find this happening to you? Or, perhaps better, do you know why people do this or how to get them to actually, y'know, answer the question?
Maybe I ask too many questions instead of just bossing the other person around. That's it, I should just impose my will upon all others who cross my path. No questions asked.
So, when the conversation goes like this -
Me: "Are you looking for (A) or (B)?"
Person: "Blah blah blah...yadayadayada (nothing even tangentially related to either A or B)"
- I get frustrated.
Darling Flist, do you find this happening to you? Or, perhaps better, do you know why people do this or how to get them to actually, y'know, answer the question?
Maybe I ask too many questions instead of just bossing the other person around. That's it, I should just impose my will upon all others who cross my path. No questions asked.
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What I typically do after receiving a reply back that doesn't answer my question is to ask another question.
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Yeah, that makes sense. Loki usually asks me what a has to do with b, as he doesn't see the connection. I then am forced to explain my leftwise brain.
*g*
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