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Yikes! I have been here a few times. Depending on the person you can be direct and leverage active listening tactics: thank them for the overview and add a very warm “I am thrilled that you understand this so clearly, it is just one less thing we have to train you on” or something to that effect. Sometimes they don’t even realize they are doing it.
This is really helpful - thank you!
Try humor. When they’re done, say you don’t fully understand and ask if they can try explaining it one more time. Then say you still don’t get it, can they explain again. Keep going until they run out of steam.
Oh wow, I just posted something similar. I’m getting told on a weekly basis with a big, beaming smile that I am subtly racist/_phobic/hurting the climate.
Yeah I’m not sure these are similar