And to be clear I have absolutely had interactions where I was basically in D’s situation where I express a mild annoyance that I don’t mean to be taken very seriously, and then someone takes it way more seriously than I wanted them to, and I do find this extremely frustrating. But in this situation I don’t see how C could possibly have interpreted it differently!
Yeah, agree.
And to be clear I have absolutely had interactions where I was basically in D’s situation where I express a mild annoyance that I don’t mean to be taken very seriously, and then someone takes it way more seriously than I wanted them to, and I do find this extremely frustrating. But in this situation I don’t see how C could possibly have interpreted it differently!