+10 An unwillingness to participate fully, or no active awareness or experience of actions and consequences can be frustrating and potentially dangerous. In a

+10 An unwillingness to participate fully, or no active awareness or experience of actions and consequences can be frustrating and potentially dangerous. In a previous life I employed a type of 3-strikes and you’re out strategy. A trivial example… Instead of relenting and responding to questions of, “What is the URL for xyz?” I reminded people that by asking me, they had probably not bookmarked the page and that they were now using me as their bookmarking service. As a bookmarking service, I offer 3 free URLs then I start charging. Pedantic? Of course. Annoying? Probably, although no less annoying and unproductive as asking me. The result? Some people understand the process, whilst others don’t. Until, of course, they are the target for these types of lazy question. Life and situations are rarely as simple as this trivial example of course, although the introduction of some value payment, monetary or some other exchange, sometimes has a surprising elucidating effect. Patience and understanding are clearly essential, irrespective of the situation. Perhaps I can gain some insight into their apparently unhelpful or destructive behaviour if I can see it from their perspective too.