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> One of them responds, “I’m not sure”. In practice this answer is hardly different from saying Yes, since it's understood that the person saying Yes is just s
by tromp 2y ago
> One of them responds, “I’m not sure”.
In practice this answer is hardly different from saying Yes, since it's understood that the person saying Yes is just speaking for themselves and the waiter will wait for the other person to confirm.
- gklitz 2y agoIsn’t that the entire point, that it means “I’m ready but I don’t know about the other person”? If the first person was not ready they would say “no” because they know that they can’t possibly both be ready. Since the first person says “I’m not sure” and not “no” the second person can infer that the first person is ready, and since the second person is ready they can answer yes for both of them.
- asimpletune 2y agoThis point is brought up a lot, but it doesn’t account for all the details. The second person says “now we are”, immediately after the first said “I don’t know”. The “in practice” example explains the first statement, but not both of them.