A Simple Request
Categories: Woman: “Honey?”
Man: “What?”
Woman: “Can I ask you a question?”
Man: “What?”
Woman: “Would you do something for me?”
Man: “What?”
Woman: “Do you see that bowl on the table?”
Man: “Yes.”
Woman: “Can you reach it?”
Man: “Yes.”
Woman: “Would you bring it to me?”
Man: “OK.”
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Man: “Bring that bowl to me from the table.”
Woman: “Is that an order?”
Man: “Will you bring me that bowl on the table?”
Woman: “How about a please?”
Man: “Will you please bring me that bowl?”
Woman: “What bowl?”
Man: “The one on the table.”
Woman: “This one?”
Man: “Yes. Please bring me that bowl.”
Woman: “I can get you a clean one from the cabinet.”
Man: “I just need that bowl. Will you please bring me that bowl?”
Woman: “You don’t want this one, it had milk in it.”
Man: “I need that bowl now. Can you just bring me that bowl?”
Woman: “OK, but let me wash it out first.”
Man: “It’s fine as it is. Just bring it to me!”
Woman: “Don’t raise your voice to me!”
Man: <sigh> “Please bring me that bowl.”
Woman: “OK. See, you could have just asked politely from the beginning.”
Bullgrit
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