"YES" or "NO" ???

[brillyfresh]

i am starting to get sick of people not giving straight answers to a simple question

i ask my boss simple questions all the time "Do we have any _____ left?" "Are we open on so-and-so date?"

he always gets pissy, saying "Why are you asking me? Why don't you go look? What do I look like, Mr. Know-It-All?" (imagine that coming from my heavily-accented Lebanese boss)

all i wanted to hear was "Yes" or "No" or even "I don't know", not some drawn out response detailing their hashed theory about my simple question, or some reprimand for asking the question in the first place, because i asked the question to save me the time of finding out for myself ... if i can find what i'm looking for just by asking the question, then i wouldn't need to waste his time and mine by milling around

who has this problem with people?

[Guile]

Yeah bosses can be a pain in the ass....
hell anyone can when they just won't give a straight upfront answer

[Jehosaphaty]

agreed, agreed...almost as bad is the why question. a friend of mines sister always used to ask me this wenever i wanted her brother. drove me nuts. who cares why? just givem the fone u fool. ugh, but yeah, i cant stand people not givin straightup answers either.

[Ness]

I agree. Why is it that people give such indirect answers when a simple "yes" or "no" is all that's necessary?

[Wewt]

Some people get pissed off at me because I only give them direct answers.

[Daikarin]

I've had my share of that. I ask something, and instead of a reply, someone even jokes on the question. Sometimes they answer ironically, but not kidding.
Luckily that's in the past, where I had some problems with idiots. I've learned not to deal with that kind of people. And IF you must deal, don't worry about their stupid reply.

[CGoodness]

my brother is always like that to me ;_;