What is the most condescending suggestion you've been given?
Have you ever noticed when someone follows a suggestion with the phrase "problem solved", the suggestion is usually condescending as fuck?
Rhynoplaz - 2day
I don't know if it's condescending, but it's such a bizarre story, I have to share.
I worked at a Verizon Wireless retail store, and the mentality there was SELL SELL SELL, but that wasn't really my style. I did alright by getting people what they wanted, and didn't push the other bullshit we had.
So, one day the store manager brings me in to his office to discuss why I'm not selling as much as I could be. He went into a rant that eventually led him to say "You're just, like, annoying, and people don't respond well to that." I was blown away by that so I asked how he recommend I be less annoying.
"I don't know, maybe like some hair gel or something."
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FreshParsnip @lemmy.ca - 2day
That's funny. He thought you were annoying cause your hair was messy?
4
Rhynoplaz - 2day
I honestly still don't understand what he meant, but it didn't take long for one of my coworkers to leave a bottle of hair gel in my locker as a joke, and/or mention "You better check your hair, you're getting a little annoying."
4
over_clox @lemmy.world - 2day
I gave myself my own condescending pat on the back to say to myself 'problem solved', after I fixed a customer's bent iPad 2 by whacking it with a rubber mallet.
The thing was, it was ever so slightly bent next to the volume buttons, jamming one of the buttons. A formal proper fix would have involved removing the glued on touchscreen, removing the LCD, carefully bending everything back, and reassembling with new touchscreen double sided adhesive tape and everything, like an hour of work, for one almost minor bend.
Well I didn't feel like doing all that at the moment, I saw it as a simple problem with a simple, yet risky solution. But hey, touchscreens were going for like $7 at the time, so I took my chances.
I fully cleaned my workbench and laid a piece of paper down. Then I put the iPad face down on the paper to at least try to protect the screen. Then I put a short slab of 2x4 wood on the back of the iPad and smacked it one good time with a rubber mallet.
What ya know, it straightened out perfectly, I didn't have to open it at all, and I got to go to lunch an hour early 👍
10
FreshParsnip @lemmy.ca - 2day
I just took an edible and this is hilarious. Too much work to do? Just HIT IT! BAM! all fixed!
4
acidrobot @lemmy.world - 2day
I was told I'm too direct. And that kids would 'level me out'
4
bus_factor @lemmy.world - 2day
Adding "problem solved" is a 10x condescension multiplier, so that tracks.
It implies that the problem was so trivial that they could solve it in an instant, and also assumes that they have the context to accurately assess whether the proposal is a good solution, when they almost certainly have received an abridged version from you.
FreshParsnip in shittyasklemmy
What is the most condescending suggestion you've been given?
Have you ever noticed when someone follows a suggestion with the phrase "problem solved", the suggestion is usually condescending as fuck?
I don't know if it's condescending, but it's such a bizarre story, I have to share.
I worked at a Verizon Wireless retail store, and the mentality there was SELL SELL SELL, but that wasn't really my style. I did alright by getting people what they wanted, and didn't push the other bullshit we had.
So, one day the store manager brings me in to his office to discuss why I'm not selling as much as I could be. He went into a rant that eventually led him to say "You're just, like, annoying, and people don't respond well to that." I was blown away by that so I asked how he recommend I be less annoying.
"I don't know, maybe like some hair gel or something."
That's funny. He thought you were annoying cause your hair was messy?
I honestly still don't understand what he meant, but it didn't take long for one of my coworkers to leave a bottle of hair gel in my locker as a joke, and/or mention "You better check your hair, you're getting a little annoying."
I gave myself my own condescending pat on the back to say to myself 'problem solved', after I fixed a customer's bent iPad 2 by whacking it with a rubber mallet.
The thing was, it was ever so slightly bent next to the volume buttons, jamming one of the buttons. A formal proper fix would have involved removing the glued on touchscreen, removing the LCD, carefully bending everything back, and reassembling with new touchscreen double sided adhesive tape and everything, like an hour of work, for one almost minor bend.
Well I didn't feel like doing all that at the moment, I saw it as a simple problem with a simple, yet risky solution. But hey, touchscreens were going for like $7 at the time, so I took my chances.
I fully cleaned my workbench and laid a piece of paper down. Then I put the iPad face down on the paper to at least try to protect the screen. Then I put a short slab of 2x4 wood on the back of the iPad and smacked it one good time with a rubber mallet.
What ya know, it straightened out perfectly, I didn't have to open it at all, and I got to go to lunch an hour early 👍
I just took an edible and this is hilarious. Too much work to do? Just HIT IT! BAM! all fixed!
I was told I'm too direct. And that kids would 'level me out'
Adding "problem solved" is a 10x condescension multiplier, so that tracks.
It implies that the problem was so trivial that they could solve it in an instant, and also assumes that they have the context to accurately assess whether the proposal is a good solution, when they almost certainly have received an abridged version from you.