![]() Now, if a simple Google search would have found the answer, then I can understand some frustration on the part of the answerer, and I suffer from it myself, but that’s no excuse to be rude or belittling. Probably the number one sin I see people committing when answering questions is giving an attitude to the original poster (who I’ll call the OP from now on) that they’re stupid/lacking/deficient/lazy in some way for not knowing the answer themselves. We’ll agree to disagree :-) Ignorance is Not Stupidity That’s cool, this is just my opinion – vive la différence, and all that – but don’t expect to convince me to change my views. I’ll start out by saying that some of you will disagree with elements of what I state below. I’ve woven in some of the replies and private distribution list discussions I’ve had over the last two months as well – thanks to those involved – you know who you are. This is the necessary corollary to that post – how to answer questions politely and correctly, in my opinion – because I see people being discourteous and sometimes unprofessional in their replies. Based on the responses, and private discussions, many of you out there see the same trend and are dismayed by it. “Oh no – it completely slipped my mind! I’ll pay it first thing tomorrow morning.Back in August I wrote a long post about how to ask questions politely and correctly to address what I see as a growing volume of poorly asked questions by people who often don’t have the common courtesy to be polite and also often come across as feeling entitled to an answer. “I hope you haven’t forgotten to pay the bill.”.Use this phrase after you COMPLETELY forgot to do something – you didn’t remember or think of it at all. I hope you haven’t forgotten about our meeting this afternoon.I hope you haven’t forgotten to pay the bill. ![]()
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