system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Is there social/psychological reason for people trying to bait you into asking a question?

I work with people that are particularly guilty of this, and it's something that sometimes I find rather frustrating, so I'd like to try and understand it better.

I sometimes find that people will try to get you to ask for an elaboration, rather than just coming out with what they want to say. For example someone might get off the phone and say something along the line of "Well that was a funny phone call", or "This is a stupid question".
gpt
There's a similar tactic in sales. You lead with just enough to get them to ask you a question.

The reason is when people ask a question they're more likely to listen to the response than if you just came out and said something.