Stupid Questions
Nov. 23, 2005 by Jason
There’s no such thing as a stupid question, only a stupid person bothering me with nonsense.
This kind of shit happens to me every day:
Asking vague questions
“Did you already take care of that thing?”
“Which thing?”
“The one she e-mailed you about.”
“Who e-mailed me about?”
“Jennifer… or Laura maybe.”
“And what was the e-mail about?”
“That last project. We had that problem.”
Interrupting
“How can I get this program working again?”
“Try to..”
“Should I click here?”
“Try to open..”
“Oh I see. I need to click on the menu here.”
“Actually you should..”
“What, click here?”
My advice for the day:
If you don’t want help, don’t ask. And if you don’t know what you’re asking about, then take a minute to think first before trying to phrase a question.
November 23rd, 2005
True dat. I had this happen to me last week by my dad. “Did you see where I put that thing?”
What thing? and where? Was it in your room, is at your work, are you looking for missing cookies, stolen treasure, what dad????
November 23rd, 2005
Quick travel tip: In Thailand, Redbull costs 25 cents.
Desult:
It’s like solving a mystery!
November 23rd, 2005
Having worked as the “Computer Guy” in a public school for a few years I used to get about a million of the “vague” and “interrupt” questions each day… wow, I used to like teachers too.
November 23rd, 2005
This reminds me why I posted this personal quote of mine.
November 23rd, 2005
im sorry…
November 23rd, 2005
I hate when you tell someone something and they reply, “You’re right.”
I know I’m right, that’s why I’m telling you.
Here’s on for you, JJ:
Director: “I need page 105.”
Producer: “You don’t have page 105?”
Director: “No, that’s why I’m asking you for it.”
November 23rd, 2005
This is one of those situations where a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy really does work.
Don’t ask me and I won’t tell you. We’ll both be happier.
November 23rd, 2005
Have you been speaking to my assistant? Did she tell you to write this post? It sounds like stuff i do… except im waaaay more charming.
November 24th, 2005
Here’s another one: someone says they have a computer problem, something won’t work. You go there, check it out, ask some questions about what happened, i.e., “did you do anything?”, then there’s this two second silence, then, “no, nothing”. After 15 minutes of trying to figure it out, I fix it, and say that X happened and then they say, after all this bullshit, “oh yeah, I did that, didn’t think that was important.”
THAT drives me NUTS.
November 24th, 2005
I don’t have room enough to comment. LOL Hell, Lori my neighbor would take two or three pages on her own.
November 24th, 2005
“There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots.”
My old man drives me crazy with that vague questioning sh1t. I’ve just taken to not responding until he phrases the question like a person who has spoken English for more than five years.
You want something? Ask for it clearly. I really don’t have time to decipher.