i'm not usually the most assertive
“had a group task with someone [...] and halfway through I literally told him, “please can you stop talking for a sec and let [another group member] speak””
still can't believe I did that. my sharp comment was probably the sharpest thing I'd said all day because I was much nicer back then...
this was selection for a certain team in early 2020, scant months before first lockdown in the UK, and this remark was towards a good acquaintance – who, as much as we get along, has an unfortunate tendency to talk absolute rubbish
(he did not make the team)