So i text message a co worker:
“You know where I can find the screws that hold the back cover on x machine?”
He calls me (this required a four word answer btw).
“You looking for them screws that hold the back cover on X machine?”
I did NOT say “No, I was hoping you’d tell me if you had blue balls like a vervet monkey”. I did say “yes, that’s why I asked you that question”.
He responded “Well you don’t have to get all smart about it”.
I did NOT say “How would you know?”.
Infinite patience level unlocked.
I cannot tell you how much I loathe someone who responds to a simple email or text requiring a simple answer with a phone call or worse a visit to my cube.
We have someone in my group who will email you a question (usually requiring researching something in the large code base) and she will often beat the mail server delivering the message showing up in my cube asking “did you see my email”.
Man, that is the worst.
Oh… I HATE that crap, just answer the &^@$#! question already!!! Sigh
Worse. I once had some one come to my cube and ask for an answer. as I painstakingly walk him through the decision tree he said I don’t want to know how to solve the problem, I just want the answer. He was promoted to training.
Peter principle in action
I was told in a meeting I took a condescending tone with some people.
I wanted to say only with morons, but limited myself to say, why yes I do.