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I hate this phony exuberance. Along with all the "Great question!" openers.

I once had a sales guy say "here's what I'm going to do for you" and I walked out on the spot.

I simply can't deal with unctuous people.

I once heard Michael Milken interviewed by Barbara Walters. Every time he answered a question, he used her name.

I thought, he must do that habitually because it works well in one-on-one conversations, but it comes off obnoxious when you're watching it.

And now I did something similar. Thanks for the feedback.

I found the various commenting on the questions he was asked quite interesting because they were coming from someone who does a lot of interviews.

I didn't take the "Great question" as phony exuberance at all because of that, but that could just be me. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

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