Jeopardy People

[blas87]

This isn't the TV show. Please don't always respond to me in the form of a question, when you know the answer.

For instance, I say, "First I gotta stop at the mall quick to get a dress for my cousin's wedding reception."

Your response, "Wedding reception?"

If I feel snarky, I might say, "Yeah, you know, the party after you get married, the one I have to go to right after I move.." to which you'd respond "I KNOW, you told me about it before!"

Or, some days I am too tired to try, so I just say, "Yes, wedding reception," to which I'm given a stupid look, like I didn't explain enough, even though it's not that hard to figure out.

Today's was I was asked what I got my mom for Mother's Day. I said I gave her a card that made her weepy.

The response, "Weepy?"

"You know, she kinda had tears in her eyes as she read it....." to which in response, I was given a "duh" look, but not asked to elaborate or anything, so it was like.....do you just not have any social skills or is this just a really bad habbit people have, to just play dictaphone to the last few words someone says?

[Hyena Dandy]

The question, from what I understand (and how I use it) is an implicit request to elaborate. Showing interest in the topic, when you don't have anything really interesting to say about it. So it's basically "That's interesting, why are you telling me this?" Or "Tell me more about this."

[blas87]

I don't suppose you repeat the last few words of the sentence, every time you have a question.

Instead of saying "Weepy?", you might ask what made the card so weepy, or where did you buy it.

[powerboy]

I do that. But only because I never knew about it.

[HYHYBT]

The wedding reception one sounds perfectly sensible... IF they either didn't know about the wedding or had forgotten about it. But of course, in that case, the "I KNOW!" response later sure is rude.

[blas87]

This person has given many hints they know exactly what I'm talking about, or know what it is, just not maybe the details. I'm thinking they are too socially inept to, or just don't care, to flat out ask for elaboration or find a better way to ask a question than to just repeat the last few words of whatever I just said, but in the form of a question.

It gets so old after a while. I just know, a bunch of things I say, are just going to be repeated right back to me. "Pitstop?" "Lunch date?" "Stuffed dog?" "Flat iron?"

Sometimes I wonder why I bother being halfway patient with some people.

[telecom_goddess]

Sometimes I wonder why I bother being halfway patient with some people.

People?

Sorry couldn't resist

I have to admit I do that sometimes but it's an actual question, I need elaboration.

[jackfaire]

I use this but mostly when I am blind sided. For example if I am sitting working on something and my focus isn't on a conversation that just started like if the person plops down and starts griping about something as if we were in the middle of a conversation about it I need a quick cliff notes.

Oh and then there is that damn wedding reception (we were just talking about annoying drivers cue jeopardy) Uhm Wedding Reception (brain desparatly trying to catch up to what train of thought you jumped to) You know Holly and Michael's (brain clicks everything in place which triggers ooh yeah thought and knowing look on my face)

[HYHYBT]

My dad and mom both do something like that. They'll switch topics or begin a new conversation with antecedent-free pronouns and then I have to back them up to find out what the [blue blazes] they're talking about.

(Worse is Mom, because she also sometimes can't think of the word she's looking for anyway. My favorite example was one I got right:

"Oh, it's a short name that starts with O. Japanese company, makes electronics."
"Okidata?"
"No, it's shorter than that. It's a really big company."
"Sony?"
"That's it!")

A minor nuisance, all in all, but it still seems to fit here.