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I'm the same, but I usually have endless fun trying to see if they have the mental capacity to understand when someone's taking the piss out of them in deadpan. No is the answer to that, but don't let that discourage you. I'm sure there's one out there somewhere.

Guy at the factory, for example, I would have moved things into hideously stupid and awkward positions and asked him "What about doing it this way? would that work?" every five minutes.

When he went spastic and put it back, I would have thanked him profusely for his expertise and told him how good at this he is. For extra frustration, repeat some of the changes and if this is noticed, give some obscure numbskull reason for it - "yeah, but that was this morning, the sun's in a different part of the sky now. I thought maybe this side being a tiny bit warmer might make a difference. What do you think?".

Great fun, and it'll be the muppet who's frustrated at the end of it, rather than you.
(misanthrope is so adjective he's verbing nouns!, Thu 24 Jan 2008, 15:05, Reply)