message to the general public
Feb. 5th, 2005 02:45 pmThis is especially good for dealing with librarians, but can be applied to almost any situation:
If you are asking me a question, please do not interrupt me while I am trying to answer you. If you want to provide additional information, fine - wait until I'm FREAKING FINISHED WITH MY SENTENCE!
Some guy just kept interrupting me, and I already knew the answer to his question - I just couldn't manage to get it out! He kept telling me more stuff that I didn't need to know in order to answer the question, which, if he'd waited, he would have known.
If you are asking me a question, please do not interrupt me while I am trying to answer you. If you want to provide additional information, fine - wait until I'm FREAKING FINISHED WITH MY SENTENCE!
Some guy just kept interrupting me, and I already knew the answer to his question - I just couldn't manage to get it out! He kept telling me more stuff that I didn't need to know in order to answer the question, which, if he'd waited, he would have known.