>- don't directly address the point of your question / provide a much complex answer (or even worse, a non-answer) to a simple question Are you sure you've cle

>- don't directly address the point of your question / provide a much complex answer (or even worse, a non-answer) to a simple question Are you sure you've clearly communicated to them the point of your question and all relevant context? >- don't stay focused to the point of the discussion Are you sure everyone in the room entirely agrees on what the point of the discussion is? >- don't have some level of clarity in their train of thought and speech Surely there must be some level of clarity. >- generally over-complicate matters by wandering off to other related subjects and extending the scope of the discussion If they're related subjects, are you sure that they're entirely irrelevant to the discussion? Why are you the only one who gets to determine the appropriate scope for the discussion?