What is it with people's memory skills? Is there really too much going on in their lives -- in their heads? Or is it a case that they just don't listen in the first place? Have we, as a society, succumbed to the level where we expect to be hand-fed every morsel of information when we want it, how we want it, and repeatedly to compensate for our attention deficit disorder (formally identified or self-induced)? And if it doesn't come in that fashion, then why do we assume the expectation -- or right -- to pursue it in that fashion?
More and more, I'm finding people are asking questions that have already been answered -- some, several times -- or seeking information that has already been presented and remains readily available to them. This is in both personal and professional roles, and really gives me pause to ponder. While many of the people I'm speaking of are inundated with other issues, (and yes, I appreciate those issues may take "thought priority"), it has gone past that point in many cases. A case in point... one question posed three different times within a 15 minute meeting discussion. The same answer was given each time, twice with the opportunity for follow-up ("Does that answer your question?"), but this failed to mitigate the need for an email hours later, asking once more (a fourth time, in case you weren't counting!) for a response to the EXACT SAME QUESTION!
Seriously!??!?!!!
What happened to thinking for one's self? What happened to seeking out knowledge? What happened to respecting (and learning) from the knowledge of others? What happened to good old-fashioned listening skills?
And one more thing while I'm on my soapbox.... What's with the latest trend in the phrase "...come with". That's it... no "us" or "me"; just a truncated bastardization of an English sentence that was once a more formal invitation. I've seen this on recent television shows, but argue against this as a "cool" phrase. Let's hope it's a quick-passing trend.
Stepping off my soapbox now...
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