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Comment author: solipsist 04 October 2013 02:26:40PM 0 points [-]

I love working with people like that because I can always trust them to tell me when it would be better for me to find someone else to do the thing.

That is the key quote. I'm a Hufflepuff, and hurting other people is The Worst Thing. Saying "no" isn't nice, but overpromising is much, much worse.

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