Question

As you know, Anglo-Saxon culture is characterized by the fact that the person who was asked the question usually begins the answer with the words: “Thank you, this is a VERY GOOD question”. There was hardly such a habit in our culture. At most, the person questioned remained silent for a while. I once participated in a conference with lawyers and specialists from various technical industries. Among the participants was one person who was very willing to speak also on issues that went beyond his field.

This was actually expected from everyone, because the purpose of the meeting was to confront different points of view. Only ONE PERSON courageously asked questions about each issue discussed.

Each of his questions was preceded by a comment: “Sorry, maybe it’s a STUPID QUESTION, but what if we did one way or another.” Unfortunately, none of the participants referred to these questions once; with one, only exception: you see, when this person again asked, “I’m sorry, maybe it’s a stupid question, but what if it were this and this”, after all, the ONLY TIME IN A MULTI-HOUR DELIBERATION SOMEONE ELSE referred directly to this question and said in Anglo-Saxon in Polish: “You know what, I’m very sorry, but this is just a REALLY very stupid question.” But it wasn’t.