Sometimes...

Sometimes it's really difficult to stop yourself from saying things in the tone you really want to. Some situations call for being professional or assuming the person is not stupid. So you pick a gentler tone, you hedge your words a bit to give them some room to manoeuvre. You don't accuse. You don't insult. You add a few extra words at the end to soften it up.

And sometimes they still don't get it.

Maybe it's all a waste of time. Some people don't respond well to bluntness but they could learn. It'd be more satisfying to me. I'd waste less time on pointless conversations. But some part of me always drifts back to being rational and imagining if I was on the other side of it. Sigh. I wish I could turn that off. Sometimes.