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didface wroteIt drives me up a wall ESPECIALLY when every sentence ends on an upswing in pitch (as if everything is a question).I've noticed that particularly people involved in training use this method. And it makes me wonder whether they really know what they're talking about since they seem to need our approval for each of their "statement".
But fortunately I haven't experienced any baby-talk yet.
What drives me up the wall is when our office junior (17 yrs) needs/asks every single time before and after she's done a task whether it was OK. "Is it OK if I stuff the envelopes now; Is it OK if I make the tea now; Is it OK if.............." even though she's got more or less set times to do various things. When she'll ask me "is it OK if I breathe", I'll say NO
. She's also upset when she doesn't get automatic feedback. We've tried to explain to her that she's not at school any more and we're not here to mark her work like a teacher.
I'm sure that we were a lot more grown up when we were teenagers and/or first started work.
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