Seymour
Vaguely Precise
- Joined
- Sep 22, 2009
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- MBTI Type
- INFP
- Enneagram
- 5w4
- Instinctual Variant
- sx/so
Actually that makes me wonder...I have an ESFJ at work who, whenever I make a mistake or something changes in the routine, will leave me written instructions step by step on what needs to be done that day, including the stuff i've been doing forever. And, she'll call me to check that 'everything went ok'. Drives me mental, coz it makes me feel like a 5-year old, and I sometimes wonder if she's patronizing me on purpose but this thread kinda sheds new light on that...
That can totally be my reaction, too. I feel like saying "so do you think I'm stupid, or just incompetent?" And then hopefully some type-awareness kicks in and I find some understanding and patience.
Sometimes, though, it can become a downward spiral in which the sensor gets more detailed and explicit (because clearly they didn't go into enough explicit detail the first time, hence your mistake), and the intuitive gets more exasperated and less likely to take in information (because clearly the sensor thinks you are an idiot). It's not pretty.