"Giving ANY excuse while you ask someone for a small favor.
There was a test conducted to see if people could cut in line.
There were 4 groups. People who just cut in line, people who asked to cut in line, people who asked and gave a valid excuse “I am in a hurry”, and people who asked and gave a bogus nonsensical excuse “Can I cut in line because I need to cut in line”
The no talk group suffered the worst results, the ones who at least asked had better results, those who gave and excuse BOGUS OR NOT, had nearly identical results.
The conclusion is people don’t listen to your excuse for why you need to do something, just the fact you gave an excuse at all gives you bonus points."
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Nole 2 year s ago
Normally I find lists like this to be quite useless but almost all of these were good.
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Deborah 2 year s ago
Nole,
You are very smart to understand that!
Btw, could I borrow a pen?
And I might have a ... small request later for you.
You are very smart to understand that!
Btw, could I borrow a pen?
And I might have a ... small request later for you.
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Carl 2 year s ago
I would reply "Your Jedi mind tricks don't work on me boy."
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Lucas 2 year s ago
Carl,
I like the way you responded to that.
I like the way you responded to that.
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Nole 2 year s ago
Lucas, it’s amazing how the human brain can understand intent
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Valentina 2 year s ago
In other words, "how to lie and cheat to get what you want".
You are very smart to understand that!
Btw, could I borrow a pen?
And I might have a ... small request later for you.
I like the way you responded to that.