I hate working with over-defensive people... no ones blaming you, just help us get through to a solution

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Give them a snickers chocolate bar every morning!

Define overly defensive. Why do they feel attacked?

Example: "how's the status of x deliverable?" "Uhhh soooo, welllllll, what about the other teams?"

Oh, I'd call that passive aggressive as opposed to overly defensive. Either way, annoying and unproductive AF!

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