Discussion: Real Life

[asterroc]

"Real life should take priority over the virtual, such as cellphones, social networking, and video games."

Discuss!

Comments

work email

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

I tend towards the factual, direct, and goal oriented, except for it being misinterpreted most of the time, too (oddly, I seem to have less problem being direct and to the point in-person or on the phone, and I can tell immediately when that unnerves people - but in that case, I have a MUCH harder time altering my word choice and etc., and I can tell when people are unnerved because they expect a whole lot of unnecessary blather to take place). However, some rare organizations do have a culture where everyone does use "factual direct and goal oriented" as normal. Which takes some getting used to after so much, "If it isn't too much trouble, I'd really appreciate it if . . . "

And on the other hand, sometimes it really does seem like a person IS using "factual and direct" in email to be rude. It's a fine line.

Re: work email

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

A few people have told me they think it's b/c of my science background (and it's mostly social science and humanities people who have misinterpreted me), and this seems to jibe with what sildra said above. I'm not convinced though, as my department chair (he's biology and chemistry, and close to retirement) is one of the worst ramblers ever and department meetings have doubled in length since he took over for the old chair (biology, a woman, and older than me but younger than the current chair).