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What is deferential about the "ask" when they actually mean "command"? It seems passive aggressive if anything.
by peteradio 7y ago
What is deferential about the "ask" when they actually mean "command"? It seems passive aggressive if anything.
- mlyle 7y agoIMO: Used properly it's a true ask, but what's expected isn't a blunt "no". That is, if someone with authority meets their subordinate halfway, making a softer request in the form of a question, ... the other person is expected to in turn meet the manager halfway and not offer a firm rejection of the softer request.