Create the illusion of choice.
We all like to think that we are free:
we can choose how to act, what to wear, where to go. But more often than not, it's all a big illusion. So give it to your victim.
Forced to check the person that he himself had decided so, it made his choice. For example, he wanted to help you: "Mike, I would ask you to stay late today, but you should not. So if you have things to do, then go.
In the vast majority of cases, Mike will of course want to help you.
Even if she doesn't really want to, it's somehow uncomfortable to say no.
