Fun & Famous

JUST DO WHATEVER, MAN

Do you know what really annoys me? When someone responds to my question with: “Oh, just do whatever.”

Such an answer usually comes in response to a question asking about the other person's food or drink preferences. Suppose someone is coming over for dinner and I ask what I should cook. Correction: what I should order and have delivered, and the other person then says: “Oh, I have no idea, just do whatever, man.”, then I’m already not looking forward to it at all. Just do whatever?? You do something yourself.

It comes across as so intensely uninterested. So incredibly “I don’t care at all and figure it out.” It’s not necessary, you can also order or cook something yourself. Seriously. Such an answer can also come when someone asks you if and what you would like to drink. Often, the equally annoying “What do you have?” comes first (as if I’m running a restaurant with daily specials here) and when you’ve named everything (cola, water, tea, no, no coffee) then it’s: ‘Oh yeah, well, just do whatever, man.“ DON’T ASK ME WHAT I HAVE.

Aside from the disinterest, I also find it very annoying because I don’t know what to do with it. Does my guest want me to order Thai? Or would they prefer something from the sushi bar? Maybe a pizza? With all the possible choices, I can become paralyzed with choice stress and often only order something when he or she is there so that it can be done in forced consultation and we have to wait endlessly for our food.

A person with an opinion is generally much more pleasant than a limp dishcloth who doesn’t know anything. Just say what you feel like, what you don’t feel like, what you think about something, and what you find stupid. You have a mouth and a set of brains, connect those two and t.h.i.n.k. and s.p.e.a.k. You’ll get a nice glass of cola with a pizza from me next time. Or a cup of tea and Thai if you feel like that more. Whatever you want.