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I know you a business on Ebay but why do you refer to yourself as we?

I have noticed many people use the all encompassing "we" when referring to their business.  Even if it is you and your wife or something please if you only seel 12 items a month you don't need another person.  "We think that Ebay should do this or that because our business is not thriving as it should".  Well "we" all know you work out of your bathroom office and sell leiderhosen.

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Sounds like your cat is She Who Must Be Obeyed!

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Maybe it's the royal we?

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Actually one could use we because it would be me, myself, and I.

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If it is two or more people, there is no reason not to say, we.

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@impalajohnny wrote:

I think many people use we because to them it sounds professional. Like how the representitive of a big corperation talks. I always thought it was silly because it's how a low level employee is trained to talk. The higher ups who have some autonomy are I's.

 

But there are other reasons to. Some married couples refer to themselves as we to an unnatural extent.

 

There are psycological differences in how people respond to groups vs. individuals. That's where "I vs. we" has relevance in ebay selling. Do you have more confidence in an individual or a corperation? Are you more likely to try and steal from an individual or corperation? If something was not to your liking to whom do you show more mercy? etc. etc.


Of course the higher-ups say 'I'.  They are the ones who don't have to say 'yes' all of the time.  Smiley Very Happy

 

Oh, like here on ebay?  All the blues say 'we'.  I asked once about that and it was ebay, not just the people on the chat team.

 

I like the part when you go to a car dealership and it is 'Team Edsel', or some such thing.  You are talking to a person and they say that 'we' will see to it.  You ask if that person is handling it and they say, 'no, the team is, or him, over there, or maybe that one, at the water cooler, will get to it first'.

 

We just LOVE these team events!  Smiley Sad

Not saying 'NO' doesn't mean 'YES'.

The foolishness of one's actions or words is determined by the number of witnesses.

Perhaps if Brains were described as an APP, many people would use them more often.

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Me and my dog are “we”. He hangs right by my side when I do eBay stuff. I never have done eBay stuff in the bathroom! 

Dear God, please help me to be
the person my dog thinks I am.
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Here here!
Dear God, please help me to be
the person my dog thinks I am.
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So it makes it easier to pass the buck, basically.
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Also, I might be a “we” in a Sybilisque kind of “we”. 

Dear God, please help me to be
the person my dog thinks I am.
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@axiombody

Sure glad you brought this  subject up.  Just  look at all  energy and thought people (including me) put into the replies on a subject matter that is of very little value or  benefit to hardly anyone IMHO.  Channel that energy and thought  into something of real benefit and things might  actually improve.

This  kinda'  reminds  much  of our how  efficiently our  governments "work for us" from the city, county, parishes, townships, state all the way up to the big  dogs in DC and any other form  of gov I've may have missed.  Me  thinks  governments  are too busy building  monuments to/for them selves.

Look only used one "I" in this entire rant but  did use two "ours" one "you" and two "mes" wonder what that means? ( just a jest)

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I use it as a Royal "we", it's just how WE roll.

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@axiombody wrote:

I have noticed many people use the all encompassing "we" when referring to their business.  Even if it is you and your wife or something please if you only seel 12 items a month you don't need another person.  "We think that Ebay should do this or that because our business is not thriving as it should".  Well "we" all know you work out of your bathroom office and sell leiderhose -op 

 

 

My hubby does my photos  and I do the rest  so it is sort of a WE business . However dealing with customers  is solely my job  . So how I respond to customers depends on the circumstance . If they ask for extra photos then its WE  , if they ask for a custom piece then its I .  Tulips 

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Lederhosen in the bathroom?  Not a good combination. Lederhosen are leather pants and do not like water! So careful lederhosen sellers!

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Well "we" all know you work out of your bathroom office and sell leiderhosen.

 

Wow, Sounds like a really efficient use of space. Talk about multi-tasking!

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