If I ever find myself in the enviable position of law firm partner, I am going to take my underlings to task for not giving me direct answers. I know that this is part and parcel of being a lawyer—seeing the angles, prefacing answers, qualifying conclusions, and being careful. But seriously. There are some people here that say, “I would” before every fucking conclusion they reach. It’s non-sensical. You would agree in what event? My question wasn’t conditioned on anything. It wasn’t impliedly conditioned on anything. You set no express conditions in your answer. So why don’t you just fucking agree? But because in most cases I am the underling, I bury my rage and instead nod eagerly with a, “I would agree too,” of my own.
