db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Luigi Mangione@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIt's a pin joblemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square362linkfedilinkarrow-up1825arrow-down16
arrow-up1819arrow-down1imageIt's a pin joblemmy.dbzer0.comdb0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Luigi Mangione@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square362linkfedilink
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThis is what I tried to get at with taking advantage of your good will. When we order people to do things we often frame it as a question to be polite. “Would you please do X?” So we’re used to hearing questions and just saying “yeah sure”.
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWorse, they’ll phrase it like “I’m going to search your car, is that alright?” Like it’s a command, and you don’t register that it isn’t in time.
This is what I tried to get at with taking advantage of your good will. When we order people to do things we often frame it as a question to be polite. “Would you please do X?” So we’re used to hearing questions and just saying “yeah sure”.
Worse, they’ll phrase it like
“I’m going to search your car, is that alright?”
Like it’s a command, and you don’t register that it isn’t in time.