There is a question I get often, and I am purposefully vague in my response to see where the conversation leads... And today i wondered how often do others do the same to me...
"Where are you from?" Now this question may sound innocent enough and no doubt it is, but I kind of like to find out how people will go down this path. They don't really want to know where I'm from, they are looking for a politically correct way to ask about my ethnicity.
I often answer "I've pretty much lived here my entire life" which doesn't really answer the question, but does lead to...
"Where were you born?" "England!" While truthful is purposefully vague as I do know what they want to ask and i am really not helping them out at all...
Earlier this week it went one further... I got asked about my unique look - grey eyes, perma tan and crazy curls and we had a cool conversation from there about genetics and hybrid vigour.
But it makes me wonder... When i am applying my questioning techniques am I asking the right questions and how do I know when to stop? How do I know if someone is doing the same thing to me? Answering my questions in a vague manner to see if i will dance around the topic or come straight to the point?
I wouldn't say that i suffer from political correctness concerns, but how do you know if the person you are talking to is being purposefully vague to see where the conversation goes or purposefully vague to avoid the conversation?
