How do u react to ppl who go 'I Dont Know' whenever u speak to them?

Question

practically to any question....

its suppose to be a 'joke'? thats what i was told when i asked a person who says it alot. how's that funny? i dont get it.

i thought that was it, E W!

Answer 1

Simply walk away, it's the sign tthat that person has no interest on you or he does not want to deal with you at all.

You don't need to be friend with him, do not even waste your effort.

Answer 2

Depends where I am. Normally I am irritated and say something like, 'Oh, come on, you must have some opinion.'
I don't know if it's the result of political correctness, or simply because training today is all about passing exams and not about education in the wider sense.
I remember being alarmed when doing 'A' levels, hearing that a school friend had been accepted into medical school. I said to another friend, 'Can you imagine having her as your GP?' You go to her surgery and she says, 'I don't know.' She must have got over it, because she has done very well in her professional life.
In Hong Kong it really annoyed me. Many Chinese feel they're losing face if they say, 'I don't know.' I walked for miles in Hong Kong, in a completely wrong direction, because, when asking for directions, no one would say, 'I don't know.'

Answer 3

Don't know your age, but I am a male in his fifties. I think i was always brought up to try to answer any question, but if something really foxed me, I would always say that I would find the answer and get back to the person asking the question. So yes, sometimes I have to say that I don't know, but I will always find the answer, sometimes from books, sometimes from the internet, sometimes from colleagues, etc. And always get back to the questioner. People need to know things (often quite important things) but they don't know where to look, I do, so I do it for them, it's no big problem. It's too easy to say that other people can find out just as easily as I can, they can't sometimes. The only thing I can add is that where I work, the younger people will often say 'Dunno' but that sounds unfair to younger people - they vary as much as older people.

Answer 4

They may just be annoying (it's working!) but I find myself having to say that sometimes because my mind was focused on something else and I can't refocus, think about the question, then give a sensible answer. My mind is just too busy. For instance, my son will ask me about a commercial on TV. I don't pay attention to that. I was working my number puzzle. I have to say I don't know.

Answer 5

It's their problem, not yours. Just find a polite way to exit the conversation (say, "Okay, I'll see if I can find the answer somewhere else"), and from that point on, rely on people who provide better answers. Don't enable their bad habit by continuing to ask them questions.

Answer 6

I have known people to do this (I don't know remark), in work situations when a new person comes into the picture. Smile and walk away or say what you feel and walk away fast...

Answer 7

If I ask my kids a question: About why they did something and they tell me I Don't Know. I alwasy come back with I Don't Know is not an answer.

Answer 8

It depends on what kind of question it is. If it is a feeling question and they say they don't know how they feel, I ask them if they are dead or alive. If it is an intellectual question and they say they don't know, I ask them if they have a brain and know how to use it.

Answer 9

Give up speaking to them, as it is a waste of effort.

Answer 10

Say "you're a real Mastermind contestant, are you? Show me your Mensa card."