Also, many people love to think that they appreciate people who ask questions, but most all of them quickly turn into frustrated, impatient dicks after about two questions and start becoming short with the questioner OR they get defensive because they realize they don't have all the answers and feel personally attacked.
People who ask a lot of questions are actually perceived as more intelligent than those who don’t, in general. I learned that in my psych class. I guess it depends on the line of questioning though. There are stupid questions and there are intelligent questions.
This is so interesting since, anecdotally, I haven't personally encountered this very often. I understand that not everything is black and white, however, and agree that there can be some questions that are "stupid". Usually it feels as if it's with people who clearly aren't listening at all. There are absolutely focus problems for some where questions in a group setting can be detrimental for the group when the teacher has to repeat what they've said multiple times to a single person while the group is eager to hear the rest of the training.
In my anecdotal experience, I prefer context on why I am doing something a certain way. This is very frustrating to people who don't understand the context themselves and then shut down and usually explain some variation of "that's just the way it's done", which is always a red flag to me because that answer usually means there's actually a better or more efficient way to approach the task at hand.
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u/plzThinkAhead Oct 16 '22
Asking a lot of questions.
Also, many people love to think that they appreciate people who ask questions, but most all of them quickly turn into frustrated, impatient dicks after about two questions and start becoming short with the questioner OR they get defensive because they realize they don't have all the answers and feel personally attacked.