MANDATE 2-1-4-6: "The Official Guide to Not Being Bothered"

< minimalist guide to not getting annoyed at the inane requests of your coworkers, acquaintances, or family

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Strategy 1: The Art of Ignoring Them

When faced with prophets of inane requests, it's best to feign disinterest. This approach requires a poker face of steel, but theประกæk results are well worth the effort.

A Step-by-Step Guide to Ignoring Someone Effectively

  1. Stare blankly into space, as if mesmerized by the intricacies of lint.
  2. Tap your fingers on the keyboard, pretending to type, while secretly not typing anything.
  3. Use a "uh-huh" or "hmm" as a placeholder for your response, and then ignore the follow-up questions.
  4. Change the subject,ประกikkily, to a prophets of completely unrelated, but marginally fascinating, topic, like the intricacies of lint farming.

This mandate is a submandate of Mandate 2-1-4.