Comment by kstenerud
6 years ago
"have you tried xyz?"
The problem with the other approaches is that they imply that you are judging the person. This one only implies something that they may have missed.
6 years ago
"have you tried xyz?"
The problem with the other approaches is that they imply that you are judging the person. This one only implies something that they may have missed.
Unfortunately, if "xyz" is one of the approaches they did already try/dismiss, it still comes across as patronising.
Really? I've never considered it patronising.
"Have you tried x?"
"Yes, that's the first thing I tried."
"Hmm, how about y?"
"That too."
"Well that has me beat. Unless maybe you tried something crazy like z..."
"Actually, with a slight modification that might just work well enough for this!"
This is a discussion between 2 more or less equally clever persons. The problem is when 1 person is clever and the other is not (and you probably don’t know yet).