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My boss was just in my office a bit ago. He stood in the doorway, and he talked about what he's working on right now, and I still have no idea what the issues are. Something wasn't working; something had him frustrated. But he never finished a single sentence, more than two or three words, so I have no clue what.
He would start to say something, and then cut himself off, or lapse into silence. "The problem is--" "--but it could--" "--no, that doesn't make sense...." (That was probably the most coherent thing he said.)
He was there for a few minutes, but I don't think you could fill a paragraph with what he said. Then he switched to another topic, discussed HTML forms, and walked off. At least, I think he switched topics.
I'm used to classic "inflatable dummy" situations, as he refers to them. This was way, way overboard. Normally, I have no problem understanding what it is that he's going through, even if I'm not contributing anything other than my ears. This time...well. I hope he worked it out, but I'm not even sure of that. Heh.
"Inflatable dummy" syndrome, by the way? Is his reference for the way that you seem to get through so many problems if you can only talk them out. You don't actually need the input of the person you're talking to in those cases, because you solve the problem in the act of talking it out. It doesn't matter, except to your own perceptions and thought processes, if you talk to a coworker, a cat, or an inflatable dummy.
I find this very amusing. It's an apt description of the process. And yet, at least for me, it does matter (to my own perceptions) that it be a person...if I were actually talking to an inflatable dummy, I would spend too much time worrying about the fact of what I was talking to.
Besides, how would we explain having them in the office?
He would start to say something, and then cut himself off, or lapse into silence. "The problem is--" "--but it could--" "--no, that doesn't make sense...." (That was probably the most coherent thing he said.)
He was there for a few minutes, but I don't think you could fill a paragraph with what he said. Then he switched to another topic, discussed HTML forms, and walked off. At least, I think he switched topics.
I'm used to classic "inflatable dummy" situations, as he refers to them. This was way, way overboard. Normally, I have no problem understanding what it is that he's going through, even if I'm not contributing anything other than my ears. This time...well. I hope he worked it out, but I'm not even sure of that. Heh.
"Inflatable dummy" syndrome, by the way? Is his reference for the way that you seem to get through so many problems if you can only talk them out. You don't actually need the input of the person you're talking to in those cases, because you solve the problem in the act of talking it out. It doesn't matter, except to your own perceptions and thought processes, if you talk to a coworker, a cat, or an inflatable dummy.
I find this very amusing. It's an apt description of the process. And yet, at least for me, it does matter (to my own perceptions) that it be a person...if I were actually talking to an inflatable dummy, I would spend too much time worrying about the fact of what I was talking to.
Besides, how would we explain having them in the office?
