| User | Comment |
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| Dino | | posted 26-Sep-2003 4:17am |
Usually yes. I always find if it something about me - like someone wants to say something then its best to prepare the way rather than just come right out and say it. |
bill   | | (reply to Amanda) posted 26-Sep-2003 5:29am |
Um, well... I guess. I mean well maybe... or maybe not. It's really hard to say. But this does remind me of a story I like to tell in situations like this. You see my grandfather lived in Minnesota when he was growing up and he liked to go fishing. The fishing in the part of Minnesota he lived in was very good. The striped bass were really something. It's a funny thing about Stripped Bass, that make this whistling sound sometimes when you pull them out of the water. I had a girlfriend once who used to whistle. It drove me crazy. Well, not crazy. I mean, I've seen crazy. I went crazy once. I was working as a forklift operator on the docks, and I tell you the smell at low tide down there was something else. Speaking of smells, I hope you smell something fishy in my reply by now. |
Wicksy  | | posted 26-Sep-2003 5:57am |
Fudge yes |
| ROCKMAN | | posted 26-Sep-2003 7:29am |
Yes, most of the time it bothers me, a lot if I'm in a hurry, and I'll tell the person to "Get to the point or shut the hell up".  |
| Irene007 | | posted 26-Sep-2003 7:50am |
It depends on what they've got to say... |
| Irene007 | | (reply to Amanda) posted 26-Sep-2003 7:56am |
One of my bosses beats bushes all day long! I can't stand it when he comes to me;
"uh, Irene.... uh, you know that thing/guy/job...." He always starts that way as if I'm in his head and know exactly what thing, guy or job he's talking about. When you ask for details, then he starts to rub his chin, clear his throat by hacking then starts to ramble on as he's sorting out his thoughts as he speaks. Funny thing though, as a person, he's a super nice guy but as a co-worker; I hate him!! |
| caviartaste | | posted 26-Sep-2003 9:00am |
well - it depends, if they are trying real hard to say what they mean to say and their intentions are good, but they're just having trouble expressing themselves, like, they just can't come out and say what they mean outright, without telling you a little story and using alot of hand jestures to explain it, and things like that, well sometimes that helps some people...and on certain personalities, that fits....but on other people it's just well - downright annoying. ;) |
| FordGuy | | posted 26-Sep-2003 9:07am |
I like my bushes neatly trimmed. |
| lily333 | | posted 26-Sep-2003 9:11am |
Yes I does very much. My boss does this all the time. |
| MssAmericat | | posted 26-Sep-2003 9:31am |
" I never did mind about the little things."
Maggie/Bridget Fonda from 'Point Of No Return'
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Enheduanna  | | posted 26-Sep-2003 10:13am |
Sometimes. |
Galomorro  | | posted 26-Sep-2003 10:34am |
Yes. Because unless they are very direct, I often have a hard time figuring out what they are trying to say. |
| Amanda | | (reply to bill) posted 26-Sep-2003 11:29am |
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| Amanda | | (reply to Irene007) posted 26-Sep-2003 11:31am |
That kind of thing drives me crazy.  |
LindaH   | | posted 26-Sep-2003 12:05pm |
It depends on what they are talking about. Most of the time, I don't care. |
| dora | | posted 26-Sep-2003 2:00pm |
Yes.
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| Zang | | posted 26-Sep-2003 4:32pm |
No. Sometimes it's good. If they are delivering bad news, it helps to soften the blow a bit. For example:
*Doorbell rings. You answer the door. A policeman is standing there*
YOU: Yes?
POLICEMAN: Are you Mrs. Thornton B. Hinkermeyer?
YOU: Yes.
POLICEMAN: I'm afraid I have some bad news.
YOU: Oh my!
POLICEMAN: Yes, It's about your daughter.
YOU: Oh! Not Sally!
POLICEMAN: Yes, I'm afraid it is Sally.
YOU: Was she in an accident?
POLICEMAN: Yes, I'm afraid she was.
YOU: Is she okay?
POLICEMAN: No, I'm afraid not...
...etc.
Or alternately...
*Doorbell rings. You answer the door. A policeman is standing there holding your daughter's decapitated head by the hair*
YOU: *screaming hysterically*
POLICEMAN: I'm afraid your daughter's been in a bit of an accident!
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| mandy | | posted 26-Sep-2003 6:53pm |
YES!!!!!! |
| Irene007 | | (reply to Amanda) posted 26-Sep-2003 7:07pm |
It did drive me crazy! I told him once "Fudge off! I wish I didn't have to work with you anymore!" And guess what, I still have my job and he has less to do with me!!  |
| darkshadowsseeker | | posted 26-Sep-2003 10:34pm |
It depends. |
| Amanda | | (reply to Irene007) posted 27-Sep-2003 12:06am |
Good for you! I bet that made you feel a lot better. |
| Amanda | | (reply to Zang) posted 27-Sep-2003 12:07am |
You have a way of bringing a new light to everything! |
| Zang | | (reply to Amanda) posted 27-Sep-2003 11:43am |
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| Irene007 | | (reply to Amanda) posted 27-Sep-2003 2:12pm |
Every day since!!  |
| Jemmy | | posted 28-Sep-2003 10:29am |
Sometimes, because I usually don't understand what people are trying to say, unless they just come right out and say it. |
| Enheduanna | | (reply to Zang) posted 28-Sep-2003 12:41pm |
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| Lusie |
A lot of the time it does, because they are shortening my bounce-around-the-room-before-the-teacher-comes-in time, but some situations do require a certain degree of delicacy. |
| Biggles |
This survey got me wondering about the origin of this saying. Probably a hunting term, but my brain came up with a cruder suggestion  *sigh* |
| Amanda | | (reply to Biggles) posted 9-Oct-2003 12:53am |
Behave yourself now. I don't think it came from what you are thinking!!! I have no idea about the origin of the saying, though. |
| jasonmreece | | posted 10-Oct-2003 11:52pm |
I prefer directness over everything else. I can be tactful, but direct with others and prefer the same. |
