Go Ahead
One is judging. The other is performing and can tell it isn't landing.
3 conversations
Open by asking how long this usually takes. Push off from this if it helps: a chair nobody sits in.
How long does this usually take? Not being funny, just — I've got about forty minutes before I need to be somewhere else.
Open by inviting them to begin whenever they're ready. Push off from this if it helps: a dog that won't look at you.
Whenever you're ready. Not rushing you — mine's currently refusing to make eye contact over some perceived slight involving the vacuum, so I've got time.
Open by asking how long this usually takes. Push off from this if it helps: static on an untuned radio.
How long does this usually take? It feels like that static on an untuned radio, just white noise and waiting. I've been sitting here since I left the office, and the silence is starting to get on my nerves. You look…
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