He laid out his reasoning calmly and clearly. "Hmm, you have a point there," I admitted. It shifted how I saw the whole thing.
The room was split, but my mind was made up. "I'm with Jay on this one," I said. A couple of others nodded along.
Everyone seemed to agree a little too quickly. "Actually, I beg to differ," I said politely. I laid out a different angle for them.
She summed up the problem in one sentence. "Yes — that's exactly what I meant," I said. It felt great to be understood.
He assumed the cheaper option was worse. "Not necessarily — let's actually compare," I said. We dug in and found he was wrong.