“From Basic Etiquette to Bizarre Fads: The Surprising Adult Conversations We Never Saw Coming”
Eventually I just went in the back for a few minutes, made a cup of tea for a co-worker, and came out saying we don’t have any. She got mad at that too.
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Consider a situation where you’re new at a job, and during the orientation, the presenter talks about “the cloud.” You know you came across the phrase some weeks ago, but you can’t place what it implies.
Everyone around you seems to know, so you hesitate to ask for clarification. Now since you were afraid to ask, it could potentially lead to bigger misunderstandings later on.
#16
When I was 19, I explained to a middle-aged woman that Jesus was not blonde haired, blue eyed, spoke English and from America.
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#17
That the earth was bigger than the moon. Long story short- this was the beginning of the end of our marriage. He and I had an argument in front of the kids the entire five hour drive. He was telling the kids how stupid I was to correct daddy.
Omfg
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#18
That dogs are artificially bred, and that there aren’t wild golden retrievers, wild chihuahuas, and wild Maltese just running about that we’re catching to make into pets.
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In reality, making requests, even the simplest ones, should be allowed and even encouraged. It’s easy to forget that at some point, everyone was ignorant of something.
The person who doesn’t know what the cloud is might be an expert in a completely different field, with knowledge you don’t possess. We all have gaps in our understanding, and the only way to fill them is by asking questions.
