Can I finish the godamned question?!?

[Hamlet]

*Originally posted by featherlou *
**If we could get back to the OP? {looks around the room sternly} A similar peeve of mine is people who answer the question they expect you to ask, not the question you actually asked. Yes, I know, that is a common problem, that’s why I tried all known solutions to it first, and now I’m asking you a different question. I’m using small words, so I’m fairly sure you understand them; try LISTENING to what I’m actually saying, and you’ll save **

us both a lot of time???

So there!

[Otto]

May I just jump in here to offer a bitch-slap to the people who answer the questions I don’t ask? I get this pretty much every fucking day of my life, answering customer calls. About half the time I can address their concern if they give me the one piece of information I actually asked them for, but instead they fell compelled to go on, and on, and ON, and ON, AND ON, about things so completely and totally irrelevant to solving the actual problem that got them on my line to begin with…

Oh, and since I’m here, let me add also that when I say “I understand” it means I really do understand and I don’t need you to explain anymore. “I understand” is my polite way of saying SHUT THE FUCK UP, all right?

And one more thing. After I’ve solved your problem, I really don’t need you to explain your problem again. “I lost my bill and need to know how much it is.” “It’s $42.33.” “Oh thanks, because I had lost my bill and I needed to know how much it is.” No shit, fuckbot, I guess maybe that’s why I told you how much it was in response to your asking me how much it was, huh.