Dunno

 
   He is a master shoulder shrugger. He does it all the time. To every question I ask, I know by now that I'll receive the same response: "I don't know".

   Just a second. Before you start chiding me for saying that being truthful is a bad trait, allow me the liberty of explanation. If he'd only tell me this when I asked him a thoughtful question, I'd understand. But when I ask him a question like 'How long will you take to finish your shower', or 'Do you want me to wait five minutes for you', it gets annoying to have someone who is unwilling to take the responsibility to keep his word and therefore shirks into the amazingly wide expanse of uncertainty. In a way I'm jealous; he can do whatever he wants. But is that the way to deal with a question posed to you by someone who wants an answer?

   I'd love to tell him what I think. I want to say to him: "If you give me an answer, you'll have a goal to attain. When you then keep your word, you will have checked another box in your minds' chart. You will have grown."

   But what can I do? If I give him a piece of my mind I'm scared I'll receive the response: "Maybe your right; I don't know".