It’s common for there to be a tension between feeling a personal responsibility to confront a person on such an issue and being anxious about potential repercussionsCredit:John Shakespeare
I won’t say where I stand on the vexed and highly divisive question of whether having lots of tabs open on a browser is a good or bad thing. What I will say - and I don’t think anybody could glean my opinion from this statement - is that having lots of tabs open is unquestionably evidence of a brilliant,multiplex mind.
It points to a person capable of handling numerous challenges at once,someone who is thorough as they are creative - usually a polymath,often a polyglot. I believe that there is some early research that suggests tab-lovers are significantly more attractive,better liked and more likely to win a Nobel Prize than the general population. Keep an eye on ‘Nature’ for that one.
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So,keeping my opinions completely to myself,and with no horse in this incredibly important race,I would say that not only are you right to put your smart-talking colleagues back in their box,you should also tape the box and leave only small breathing holes in the top.
Here’s my guide to bringing them down a peg,and if you feel so inclined,bringing them down full stop.
A few simple comebacks to get you started:
“If you spent more time working and less time hovering over my shoulder counting my tabs,we’d solve two problems at once:your infatuation with trivia and my sore shoulders from carrying you professionally.”