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by roc 6202 days ago
I think the distinction is 'quickly'.

In your example, you're clearly still showing respect for the other person's time. In the article's example, he's clearly talking about the tarts who have prolonged trivial conversations that do -not- respect the other person's time.

Like most everything in life: there are right and wrong ways to do it.