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Chatting with my gf, we came up with a new section (mostly her):

=== General Inquiries ===

- Answer a question other than the one being asked. Feign misunderstanding.

- Give incomplete answers. Do anything you can to almost but not completely answer the inquiry .

- Delay answering as long as possible.

- Answer with a question.

- Request more information than required to answer an inquiry.

- Attempt redirection to other people or resources.

- Involve as many people as possible

- Rebuke the inquirer when they follow up on a previous unanswered inquiry within an arbitrary time window (days, not hours).

- When asked multiple questions, answer only only of them, ignoring all others. Wait to be prompted to answer each question individually.

- When asked multiple questions, answer the least important or time sensitive question first.

- Ignore all information provided besides the single question being answered.

- Prefer slower or more onerous communication methods 1. snail mail 2. email 3. text messaging 4. audio call 5. video call 6. in-person meeting

- Mix multiple communication methods

- If contacted using a lower ranking method, upgrade.

parent epr 4 years ago

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