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> "Why don't you just X?" you are being too "polite" ... I think it can be a fair question.
by fatkam 3y ago
> "Why don't you just X?"
you are being too "polite" ... I think it can be a fair question.
- DamonHD 3y agoIf you start from the position that they are a fool with the words that you use, you are unlikely to get anywhere good. Your colleague may be a fool, but that's not the way to learn anything useful from them, or to verify the fact.
- fatkam 3y agoI don't think you are a fool because I ask such a question... I am honestly asking.
- DamonHD 3y agoIf yout put the word "just" in there like that then the strong implication is that it was an obvious thing to do and only a fool would have failed to try/do it. It's called a leading question. If that's not what you intend to imply then choose different words.
- fatkam 3y agotrue, I probably would not have included the word "just".. but I would still would have gave that person the benefit of the doubt