Wednesday 7 March 2007

Advice fatigue syndrome

Do you ever get that sense of déjà vu when the same person(s) periodically ask for your advice on something time and time again ? And when you give that advice (providing part mixture of guarded encouragement and part reality check), they still go bunny hopping away full of false hope and you know it’s gonna end in tears for the umpteenth time ?

Do you:

a) Forgive and forget and keep up the late night radio talk-in persona and listen to their latest crisis ?

b) Keep repeating the ‘I’m here for you’ routine and keep up the charade of being an unquestioning sycophant

c) Or just screw it and tell them as it really is and point out their A-Z of character deficiencies and flaws ?

1 comment:

Jas B said...

I would keep the (1) and (2) routine for a couple of times and then switch over to (3)! :)

If it is someone close and dear, have to lay it out plain and clear. Cannot keep the charade there!