Sometimes, I have communication problems... What I mean to say is, lots of times. I actually have several communication issues, like saying Ruffle Stouffers instead of Russell Stovers or saying it's tell-thirty instead of 10:30. But my most frequent type of communication problem is thinking one thing yet saying another. For instance, tonite at the baseball game, I instructed my friend to park, and walk up Main street and meet at the MAIN box office. What I meant to say (and actually envisioned her doing) was walking up Augusta street and meeting at the side box office. And I had the attitude to match and was very ready to accuse her of not doing as we planned. Poor thing. This also applies to times of verbal omission (word phrase? it is now!). Another time, my friend and I were driving in the car and I noticed that she was about to pull into a lane of an oncoming car. All I had to say about that was "oh". What I meant was "watch out, oncoming car!". Luckily (and no thanks to me), we did not crash (I've now been trained to say, "oh! car!"). This is also the same "oh" I uttered when we almost ran into someone we did not want to see. I said "oh" and did an abrupt turn around. What I actually meant to say was, "oh, there's ______, we shouldn't go that way, let's turn around friend" but like I said, that's not what came out...and I left her to figure it out herself. Sigh. To be my friend is an adventure. You are welcome. What I actually mean to say is I'm sorry....
Sausage and Ben & Jerry's strawberry cheesecake.
June 8, 2010
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No problem. My miscommunication was that I didn't even realize you were getting upset. I was just all, "I AM at the box office(, Crazy)!" So, we're good together because you can miscommunicate all you want, and I'll only sometimes be affected by it.
ReplyDeleteha! I wasn't for real upset but I was having a Marble Slab moment when I was like, "where is she, how long does it take walk up main street, why is she not getting this?!". the worse thing i thought about you was that you were a slow walker :-), even though you sounded like you were walking VERY fast.....
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ReplyDeleteand worst... I'm just going to paste my comments in microsoft word and then spell check before writing anything from now on....
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