Correcting people vs. sounding like an ass

Eevee · #1 02-02-2006, 04:20 AM

I have a cold virus, and I was just mentioning it to my friend when she said something along the lines of, "Its a virus, you just have to let the antibiotics do its job" I am assuming she thought that I was taking antibiotics or thought that nyquil was an antibiotic. Do you correct your friend and risk sounding like a smart ass? I think correcting is the rite move but can't really think of a really good way to phrase it.
Anyone else with similar situations?

-EV

Blarg · #2 02-02-2006, 04:22 AM

Rite should be spelled R-I-G-H-T.

You were also missing a comma and have some other punctuation errors.

jhfranklin · #3 02-02-2006, 04:24 AM

if she knew it was a virus, then you need to set her straight

squeek12 · #4 02-02-2006, 04:25 AM

I struggle with this on a day to day basis, especially with my wife's family. They are small town to the bone, and not the brightest bunch for the most part. Very stubborn and set in their ways. And I'm the arguing type, so I'm constantly having to bite my lip to avoid coming off as the know-it-all jerk that I probably really am.

I find that I'm constantly regretting arguments like this, so I suggest that you just let her go on about how antibiotics are kicking some virus ass.

Eevee · #5 02-02-2006, 04:27 AM

I have a cold virus and I was just mentioning it to my friend when she said something along the lines of, "It's a virus, you just have to let the antibiotics do its job" I am assuming she thought that I was taking antibiotics or thought that nyquil was an antibiotic. Do you correct your friend and risk sounding like a smart ass? I think correcting is the right move but can't really think of a really good way to phrase it. Anyone else have expieriences with similar situations?

-EV

captZEEbo · #6 02-02-2006, 04:29 AM

you can phrase it like, "not that it matters, but ACTUALLY..."

miajag · #7 02-02-2006, 04:29 AM

Are you talking about correcting her misconception that Nyquil is an antibiotic, or her misconception that antibiotics kill viruses?

gamblore99 · #8 02-02-2006, 04:30 AM

Let the small stuff slide

Eevee · #9 02-02-2006, 04:33 AM

Well she didnt mention about nyquil specifically, i was just assuming that her basic misconception was with the fact that she thought antibiotics were used to treating viruses, and since she knew i was taking nyquil...

Phil153 · #10 02-02-2006, 04:42 AM

"Yeah, I'm taking a good anti viral but it's not really doing the job." or something.