Molson Hart

In litigation, sometimes it's worse when your counterparty is an idiot. You end up spending a lot more money because their lawyer is pulling them by the nose, filing pointless motion after motion. In the meantime, you gotta pay to deal with those motions. Not fun.

I notice the same in commercial negotiations, dealing with idiots is the absolute worst, I would rather have a smart shark any day across the table than a moron.

I hardly ever run across an idiot in commercial negotiation but I see a lot of people who are inexperienced and emotional and they can be a real headache.

agree on inexperienced and emotional and sadly I have dealt with a few complete idiots in commercial negotiations ... it is annoying

What do you negotiate? For me I have these veryyyyyy long negotiations with asian guys who are like 30 years older than me on average and it is not easy.