Usually the whole Good News/Bad News approach puts my back up. Inevitably the "news" is something that is going to require my time and attention--and quite possibly money.
More likely than not, the Question Asker--at least in my neck of the woods--wants me to beg for information. Keep in mind, I'm going to be the person coping with the mess--but the Question Asker treasures the illusion of being in charge.
Ugh!
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Sturgis
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Sat 23 Jul, 2005 05:28 pm
It would depend on how bad the bad news is. It is usually better to have it done with and then get the supposed good news; although, there are times when the good news is (to me) worse than the so called bad.
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djjd62
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Sat 23 Jul, 2005 05:31 pm
wait a minute, there's GOOD NEWS
this concept is foreign to me
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jespah
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Sun 24 Jul, 2005 08:16 am
Life is short, I'll take the good news first.
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Chai
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Sun 24 Jul, 2005 11:50 am
Bad news first, get it out there, deal with it.
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tsarstepan
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Tue 3 Aug, 2010 04:52 pm
@Region Philbis,
If I have a place to sit down, then I take the bad news first (like taking off a big band-aid off of my hairy arm.
Get it done quick as possible. Hopefully the good news will then help me deal with the pain from the 'pulled hair.'
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