cmort666
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I was tempted to tell her, "No, he was dragged into the sewers by giant radioactive ants! Send the National Guard!"
Listening Skills, Does Anybody Have Them Anymore?
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carpriver
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Sunday after church the Mrs and I went to brunch at a local diner The waitress came to get our drink order. She acted like it was a effort to be at work. I looked at her and said your tip will depend on how to treat us. I did not smile. she came back and had a different attitude.
I also earned a living listening to clients, I need to understand what they were experiencing and how it was affecting them. So asking and listening was important as watching for visual cues.
It was important when a treatment plan was developed that a written copy was given to the client and that it was written so the client could understand it.
People today don't have good short term retention and I think is do to all learning is done in short blocks of time, and communication is in short burst of as few letters as possible and pictures.
Of course I am older and use to the days when people wanted to be understood.
I also earned a living listening to clients, I need to understand what they were experiencing and how it was affecting them. So asking and listening was important as watching for visual cues.
It was important when a treatment plan was developed that a written copy was given to the client and that it was written so the client could understand it.
People today don't have good short term retention and I think is do to all learning is done in short blocks of time, and communication is in short burst of as few letters as possible and pictures.
Of course I am older and use to the days when people wanted to be understood.
LVSteve
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Follow-on rant (not worth a thread of its own, but I had to add):
I consider myself a pretty good listener but don't hear well, particular on my right side. So when I (politely) mention that and ask the young lady at the counter if she could please speak up a little invariably she will repeat whatever she said at precisely the same volume and then seem annoyed with me because I did not hear her any better!
The young fellows behind the counter don't seem to be much better, either.
Back to the original topic, I agree 100% with Snapping Twig's assessment.
That's because they are entirely used to people of their own generation paying attention the first time. Therefore, they assume you did the same, not that you are hard of hearing even though saying "speak up" implies such.
Texas Star
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Sorry: that Carls bit got right past me. And I knew about Carl Zeiss, and use Zeiss instruments with great satisfaction. And Leica and Swift.
I've never heard of Carl Lewis, but pay scant attention to the Olympics. I think the only stuff I saw in Rio de Janeiro was when the NBC news crew was interacting with Allessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima, discussing Brazilian food and drink, beach customs, etc. And I listened as they discussed crime in the favelas/morros and the general downward trend in Brazilian life. Filthy beaches, rampant robberies, etc. And I knew about shark attacks off of their northern beaches. But I just don't watch spectator sports. My only interest in football is in cheerleader calendars. Not being obsessed with football is almost heresy in Texas!
Moreover, I was very tired at the time I read your post and replied. Under better circumstances, I might have caught it, and maybe a few here did. But I still wouldn't have gotten it, as I'd not heard of Carl Lewis, and to me, Lewis is either the name of a couple of twins I knew in HS or the famous "Belgian rattlesnake" LMG of WWI fame. I knew a guy in HS who owned a DEWAT Lewis .303.
Finally, I don't know Ringo well, and forgot that his name is Carl. I just think of him as Ringo. So, your clever post just galloped right past me, like the Pony Express.
But your idea was witty. Now that I know your intent, I can laugh. I do hope that a few others here got the joke the first time. And thanks for not including Karl Marx. I never liked that guy...
Oh: BTW, my computer can no longer access the Smilies here, so I can't use them. I guess I should post a Confused one, followed by a Laughing one.
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Texas Star
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And Death Grip missed that those who pay attention are better spellers...that was my point in that post.
I like your style TexStar and I surely can't find fault with your attention getters in the sports world.
Also can't use the smiley thingies and appreciate you not taking offense at my retort.
Also can't use the smiley thingies and appreciate you not taking offense at my retort.
Cardboard_killer
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When people start talking about something I care about, then I'll start listening. Until then, you'll get what I give you and be happy about it.
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Heh heh, the most famed person I can think of with my last name-was either the Ordnance officer or chief Engineer-at the Alamo--and im related to him through my dad's side of the family.
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The above is a prime reason I never use my real name when ordering something in an eatery. I always tell them im either Daniel Boone or Davy (stick that up your nose Bill oh) Crockett. I dont think any of them ever heard those names before?
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Originally Posted by cmort666
He heard that the "Drinks are on the House."
Bekeart
Originally Posted by cmort666
He heard that the "Drinks are on the House."
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Lee's Landing Billy
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A shooter of mine makes his living in sales. He says if he takes a client to lunch and the client finishes eating before he does, he knows he has done a terrible job. Moral...shut up and let the man who's buying do the talking.
Young people today haven't just lost their listening skills but their communication skills as well, two summers ago we had our Granddaughters spend the summer with us, one was from Ma and the other from Va, they were both 15, these kids didn't want to do anything but play with their phones, why don't you take a walk to the beach,( two minutes away) no, do you want to go for ice-cream, no everything was no,no,no, all they did was sit on the couch and text each other, no talking, they would stay up all night texting their friends back home, one day I took a walk to the beach and when I got home I told them that there were a lot of cute boy's at the beach, that sparked their interest and they decided to take a walk, both my wife and myself couldn't wait for the summer to end, believe me never again.
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The office manager took four phone calls from the same woman today asking her to repeat different parts of a brief price quote she gave. On the fourth call, my coworker said in a rather firm tone "OK, now have you written it down THIS time?" I asked if the caller was elderly or hard of hearing, she replied " No, young and scatterbrained." Worse, the caller works in the business office of a local school district. 
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