Perhaps this is a cultural thing, but doublespeak seems to be prevalent even in casual conversation

  • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    I wouldn’t know. I take most things that people say at face-value.

    I don’t have the time or energy to interpret double-meanings. Say what you mean & mean what you say.

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      1 year ago

      People get mad at you when you do that. I’m actually shocked at how many do.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, they might get mad, but that’s on them. If they said what they actually meant, things would go a lot smoother.

        Communicate clearly instead of expecting me to do codebreaking.

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          1 year ago

          Once you achieve a certain level of not giving a fuck, just repeat their statement back to then in plain language and they will usually either storm off, freeing you from the conversation, or they will get the point, freeing you from at least the tedious part of the conversation.

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            1 year ago

            This is my favorite way to deal with management.

            So you want me to disable a safety feature to help speed up production?

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          1 year ago

          I agree; so strange what we value with words so often differ with what we value with our action or inaction.