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Munich
\nMay 16, 2011\u00a0<\/h2>\n

A Plea for A Little Brevity<\/h4>\n

Hi, Friend!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Always great to see you!\u00a0 You\u2019re looking well.\u00a0 Why thank you, I\u2019m well, too.<\/p>\n

You say you have a problem you think I can help you with?\u00a0 Terrific.\u00a0 Please tell me about it.<\/p>\n

I see.\u00a0 I see.\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 I think I understand.\u00a0 That is indeed A Situation.\u00a0 And one that I am sure I can help you with.<\/p>\n

I believe I understand The Situation.\u00a0 Thank you for describing it clearly.\u00a0 Now what shall we do about The Situation?<\/p>\n

I see, yes.\u00a0 You\u2019d like me to take Course of Action in order to help you with The Situation?\u00a0 Why, I\u2019d be more than happy to help you.\u00a0 Course of Action is right in my wheelhouse.\u00a0 You\u2019ve come to the right person to help you with this particular Situation.\u00a0 Thanks.\u00a0 I\u2019ll get right on that.\u00a0 Talk to you later—\u00a0 what, sorry?<\/p>\n

Oh, yes.\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\u00a0 You tell me you have a Situation.\u00a0 Yes, I understand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yes, and you\u2019d like me to take Course of Action.\u00a0 Yes, that was clear.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got it.\u00a0 Thanks again.\u00a0 Well, I\u2019d better get back to what I was doing\u2026<\/p>\n

[Sigh.]\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 I promise I heard you the first two times.\u00a0 You have a Situation.\u00a0 Got it.\u00a0 I promise you, I got it the first two times.\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 And you think the only sensible solution is for me to enact Course of Action.\u00a0 I fully agree with you.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been agreeing with you for ten minutes.\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Now if we could just wrap this up . . .<\/p>\n

Oh.\u00a0 My god.\u00a0 You\u2019re starting back on the loop again.\u00a0 What is it that I have to do to jar you out of the loop and extricate myself from this increasinly tedious conversation?<\/p>\n

Yes.\u00a0 Course of Action.\u00a0 I think I am going to set myself on fire now.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A Situation? Really?\u00a0 Yes, that is soooo fascinating.\u00a0 Do you happen to have anything really sharp?<\/p>\n

\/\/\/<\/p>\n

Why does this happen?\u00a0 Why do people not trust that you understand the information the first couple of times they tell it to you?\u00a0 Why does this converstation take fifteen minutes when it should take two minutes?\u00a0 That\u2019s thirteen minutes I\u2019ll never get back.<\/p>\n

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What should be this:<\/p>\n

\"happy<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

Becomes this ghastly, endless loop:<\/p>\n

\"unhappy<\/a><\/p>\n

Why do people do this?\u00a0 Do they have all day to talk about this issue? I don\u2019t.\u00a0 How do we extricate ourselves from these excruciationly attenuated conversations without seeming terribly rude?<\/p>\n

If Only There Were Polite Escapes From People Who\u2026<\/h4>\n