How do you deal with a coworker? that keeps asking for your help on something. But never really listen to you. and keeps asking you the same question in different ways?<p>it's really killing my productivity. plus its creates bad atmosphere.
Couldn't you just ask them in a somewhat nicer tone?<p><i>"Hey, you seem to keep asking me the same question in different ways. I feel like I've already provided the answer. But, you keep asking. So there must be some misunderstanding here. What is it I haven't provided you?"</i>
Instead of answering questions, I made one page tutorials for certain things. When asked the same thing again, I emailed them the tutorial... Again, if necessary.