Isn't a reliable person supposed to tell when an obstacle is met but carry on otherwise? Raise an event when something happened and only when it happened, not polling him/her constantly about it? ; )
Seems like a waste activity when raising issues is limited to a particular time period during the day and supposed to be happening on its own anyway.
It is not good for meaningful discussions, it is not enough and not the place for socializing, constraining or repeating something to/at a specific time that should occur otherwise.