Tact

[pen_grunt]

The actor that we work with is not known for his tact.

Today I spent an overly-long time having to convince him that, when you're telling someone, "You look really good!" it is NOT necessary to (and in fact, you should NOT) add "for your age!"

The debate raged: He thought that without the caveat it wouldn't be sincere. I argued that if your first impulse is to tell someone they look good, it's not necessary to add caveats.

Comments

[eyelid.livejournal.com]

you could not possibly be more right and he could not possibly be more wrong.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

A lot of the conversations between us would go a lot more quickly if he assumed this (usually true) premise. ;)