Stupid MCs. Especially overpowered and stupid MCs. I know wanting to create some drama to move the plot along, but when your entire plot can be resolved if the MC had a brain cell or common sense, it's just a bad plot.
I don't know if the biggest offender is Chinese shoujo romances or isekais.
The tea is piping today, huh?
But there was no way that Connie was going to win with either of them. That 'reporter' would have twisted her words, and that commoner had already decided. She wasn't looking for a conversation, she was trying to threaten her and hide behind her commoner status...