[brains, sorta]

[wispfox]

It is, in fact, a fairly major mental shift to be at work, have one's cell (mobile!) ring, appear to be a US number, and be australian_joe.

My brain hasn't quite managed to recover from that yet. :) (I mean, phone call was a good thing, but... sudden dramatic mental shift!)

Ow. My brain hurts.

Still. Now I'm all chipper. :)

Comments

[australian-joe.livejournal.com]

The message I'm often given is that volunteering answers when any question was not directed at one is itself somewhat rude and/or annoying.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Hmm...

The only examples in which I can see this applying would be if someone was attempting to have a private conversation and failing such that questions were asked too loudly, or if someone was specifically trying to determine what someone knows or does not know about something, rather than actually needing the information.

(like if one is trying to quiz a child, for example, having the other child answer isn't helpful)

[australian-joe.livejournal.com]

In those examples I'd understand not to pipe up.

But no, I'm thinking a good deal more generally than those.

It's part of why one of my sayings is "People can usually forgive you for being wrong, but they never forgive you for being right."

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

In those examples I'd understand not to pipe up.

Yeah, I thought so.

It's part of why one of my sayings is "People can usually forgive you for being wrong, but they never forgive you for being right."

Huh.

I think that I don't tend to have sufficiently concrete facts in my head often enough to run into this.