Anyone ready to interpret the question as response 1 woud seem to me about as unbearable to work with as a person asking the question and actually meaning repon

Anyone ready to interpret the question as response 1 woud seem to me about as unbearable to work with as a person asking the question and actually meaning reponse 1. That's a very sad working environment and my Gordian knot solution would be to try to avoid those collaborations altogether.