We’ve all heard it before. Someone says, “If you want my opinion...” and they give it to you even after you’ve told them you don’t want it.
There are a number of reasons why you might decline the offer of an opinion. One may be because you consider that it won’t be worth the time to hear it. Or it could be that you don’t have the time to provide enough background so the opinion will have some value. You might not want an opinion because the person giving it knows nothing about the situation at hand. Did that ever stop the most opinionated from expressing one anyway?