People are Funny
I work with some funny people, and by that I'm not talking only about the laugh-out-loud funny, I'm talking about the what-on-earth-are-you-doing funny. The other day I was talking to someone about some design changes they were interested in making. While I had nothing against the changes, I saw the opportunity to help this person see beyond their initial belief that the design was broken and see how to fix it. Nothing major, and the change might have been really good, but it was a nice to see if this person could see into the problem and see how to fix it.
So, I ask if they see how to fix this. No response. So I explained my idea, and say that it's not necessary, but just a different way of doing the same thing. I'm told it's not the same thing... it's adding another thread. Hmmm... No, it's not, and therein starts my explanation that it's basically the same thing at a high level. Instead I get an argument and insults.
You'd think that someone making as much as these folks would have the common sense that even if they didn't have the intelligence to know the right answer, they'd have the common sense to not insult someone in a professional setting.
I've learned all I need to know about these people. Funny, they probably were trying to enlighten me on the threading issue, but they told me so much more.