Some people communicate directly. They say what they mean and mean what they say and you can take them at their word.

Some people speak indirectly. The underlying message they're seeking to get across is wrapped around, within, and between a few extra layers of words and feelings and information.

Neither is better or worse than the other in all cases. Though one may be generally more effective at achieving your desired outcome, depending on your particular objective.

Saving someone who's just gone into cardiac arrest, for example, is no time for indirect communication.

Either can be frustrating to someone more comfortable with the other. To a direct communicator, an indirect communicator could be opaque, confusing, lacking power, wasting time. To an indirect communicator, a direct communicator could be rude, simple, overbearing, arrogant.

If you work with a group of people, chances are you're going to encounter people of different communication types. Though it will be frustrating, here's the rub: they are who they are, and you are who you are, and if you really want to achieve something, the responsibility ultimately falls on you to navigate the various styles and make it happen.