Friday, November 20, 2009

I"m ok?

It's been years studying communication,we were taught to recognize the fact of interpersonal communication is ambiguity; due to individual's perception and of cause it is very based on every elements consists in the communication process. A sentence, a word, a question, an answer always being interpreted differently; interpretation is based on the setting of the conversation's environment, communicators' cultural background, educational background and most importantly, the meaning of the "words" being used. 


Imagine, if a service crew asked: " Coffee?", she is asking if the guest wants one; 
and the gentleman said: " I'm ok".


o.0


what does it means by the  "I'M OKIE"
I'm ok with the offer; or I'm ok, leave me alone, i don't need one? 


A simple conversation diverse meanings. So what should the service crew reacts towards the answer? 
the best is, double confirm what does the OKIE means. 
"i bet you do understand English,don't you?" 
................


Marvelous...Fantastic...
This is why sometimes conflicts happen, when you doubt with the answer, recommended to find out what does the answer means ; however asking might lead to killing reply. What an ironic situation and yet this ironical scenes are always playing everywhere, over and over~


 Congratulations. 
any way to avoid? 







2 comments:

Wei Xiang said...

i know! hang a cardboard on the neck that says "Do Not Disturb" - just like those hotel rooms =P

miapatra said...

haha. not funny.