PlatKat.com: Another Form of Non-Help (Halp!)

Monday, January 07, 2008

Another Form of Non-Help (Halp!)

To be filed alongside an earlier rant, "It Should Work..."

I hate when I ask someone a question and they refer me to a written resource that is common sense to reference before beginning a live/online discussion. I know not everyone does the appropriate research before bugging someone with their ignorance, but I make a habit of it. This should be apparent to everyone upon meeting me. I clearly don't enjoy talking to people unless the conversation will lead to something humorous or sexual (bonus points for both at once!), so why would I bother talking to you if I could just refer to the giant stack of paper I was issued at the start of my assignment?

To add insult to injury (really, icing on the cake), people will sometimes add ridiculous closing statements to the ends of their useless e-mails, such as, "Hope this helps!" or "Does that answer your question?"

No actually, your knee-jerk, non-response neither helped nor answered my question. Now I'm forced to either ask my question again, ask someone else who might give my question the attention it deserves, or just do whatever I want, which you're giving me carte blanche to do anyway by not taking a moment to think about what I'm asking and give me a direct answer.

Thanks a million, and please don't call me when everything goes to shit, as I will be busy walking away from the destruction calmly.

posted by platkat @ 10:50 AM