"Can't we just X?" Where X=thing we definitely cannot just do, and said in a way that suggests you're an idiot for not noticing the most simple, obvious, elegant solution that the brilliant partner came up with after 30 seconds of thinking ie skimming only the headings and jumping to conclusions

I hate this thanks. But for some reason almost everyone on my team has adopted this communication style.

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Been there. It’s even worse when your initial email fully explained why X is not an option 😵‍💫

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Yes. Or the past 10 emails on the chain or comments in the doc have been debating X or otherwise make clear its not an option, on a way deeper level than partner cares to read

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🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

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Oof I felt this in my soul.

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