• xkbx@startrek.website
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    2 months ago

    I repeat back something generic until someone corrects me

    Good enough for management, good enough for me

    • OddMinus1@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      A collegue of mine did this. She just laughed and said “that’s right” before leaving the teams meeting. My boss, confused still in the meeting: “well… I guess we’re not getting the description of the API today…”

    • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Just tell them they’re a mumbly bitch like the grumpy deaf olds we are. WHAT’S THAT? SPEAK UP, YOU MEEK ASS MUMBLY BITCH, I CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER THE BEES

      What? What bees? We’re indo-

      BEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS

  • ryannathans@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    SAY “WHAT” AGAIN! I DARE YA! I DOUBLE-DARE YOU, MOTHERFUCKER!! SAY “WHAT” ONE MORE GODDAMN TIME!

  • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
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    2 months ago

    For me it’s probably an ADHD thing. I zone out halfway through the explanation usually.

  • null@lemmy.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    When you say what three times and they don’t talk any louder.

    • emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      Or reword what they’re saying. I don’t get that at all. I’ll repeat myself once if someone doesn’t hear me, if they still don’t get it I’ll say it louder but also use different words so they have more information, or in case the problem wasnt that they didn’t hear me but that they didn’t understand.

      • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I’ve never had to repeat myself more than once because of this. On the other hand, I’m the Scar Jo whenever my wife is saying stuff from 2 rooms away.

  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I made this fave after one of my roommates got drunk, shit on the floor at night, then peaced out for class in the AM, leaving his turd on the floor.

  • yermaw@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Last time this happened to me was my first visit to a Turkish barber. After the third what I was scared of appearing racist because he had such a strong accent, so I just said “aye pal” and gave him a thumbs up hoping that would be the end of it. Then suddenly he had a ball of fire on a stick waving it at my head.

    Turns out he was offering me an ear-flame which id never heard of before. Its pretty terrifying with no warning.

  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    This is also a thing when you’re somewhere you don’t speak the language natively. When you’re not fluent you have to strike a balance between trying to understand what someone’s saying and not asking them to constantly repeat every single word in a sentence, so a lot of times you kind of end up smiling and nodding with only a vague understanding of what’s going on.