RADAR, post: 414924, member: 413 wrote: A few fries short of a happy meal.
Not playing with a full deck.
A sandwich short of a picnic.
Six bricks shy of a full load.
Williwaw, post: 414904, member: 7066 wrote: I soon discovered that if I focused on really listening and observing, people would tell me exactly how to close them on a deal. Soon after I became very successful and did very well for a number of years. I left that line of work a long time ago, but that lesson learned has served me well in every endeavor since. Too many are too preoccupied with their own thoughts to really listen and observe.
A good lesson to learn for most fields of work. It seems that technicians and professionals often don't listen enough their clients/patients (or whatever) to really understand and possibly see the problem or error. Some people, not in our field, don't really know our language, but if you listen well enough one or more of their tidbits might be something you were really looking for or at least lead you to a question that could be enlightening. (ie: it isn't just about selling)
RADAR, post: 414926, member: 413 wrote: I agree; "verbal" communication is all but dead...
Now, if that young fella had of sent you a text; it probably wouldn't of bothered you one bit.
😉
Not a bit. I don't read texts...my phone is too small for me to be able to see the font...
Ignorance is soooo blissful. 😉
"Ignorance is soooo blissful."
You've discovered my secret to happiness!
Dave Lindell, post: 414933, member: 55 wrote: "Ignorance is soooo blissful."
You've discovered my secret to happiness!
Or as Seeger described it: "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then..."
RADAR, post: 414940, member: 413 wrote:
About 1991 a friend had a BSA t-shirt made for me with "Over 40 now and Still Running Against the Wind" on the back. Wish I still had that t-shirt.
..Wish I still had those BSAs...
There's an old saying that has so much meaning.
Referring to peeing into the wind.
Guess some here have tried that and suffered the consequences. I know I have.
Do I need to interpret?
Yes, please do. Some of us have been doing just that, for many years, and still havent learned....mmmhhhmmmm
Surveyors get "cut short" and if you've "gotta go" then you've gotta!
I do try to be discrete, but often that means putting yourself somewhere in a non compromising position that the wind direction has no inclination to oblige and also look the other way.
Spray obviously goes where the wind takes it........
Made worse in winter when the cold sets in, shrinks things, well all except the wind..... Oh and the hands are cold making it difficult to grasp hold properly.......
It just reinforces that saying and highlights how futile it can be and probably how entertaining for anyone watching on, when we say stupid things or make brash statements.
Two of my fathers favorites when I used to work myself into the ground. He pulled me aside and said,
"You work to finance your off time."
And
"You can buy a new car every year and drive it to work every day."
It took awhile for that advice to settle in.
My grandfather's advice to all his sons: Learn every language you can and NEVER get a tattoo.
(I'm not sure what he told his daughters.)
Dave Lindell, post: 414965, member: 55 wrote: My grandfather's advice to all his sons: Learn every language you can and NEVER get a tattoo.
(I'm not sure what he told his daughters.)
Don't date anyone with a tattoo!
I learned this on from a song:
You don't tug on Superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim
(Jim Croce)
Tom Adams, post: 415010, member: 7285 wrote: I learned this on from a song:
You don't tug on Superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim(Jim Croce)
Croce was a bard for the ages. Too bad he left as soon as he did.
From the same song: "When the cuttin' was done, the only part that wasn't bloody was the soles of the big man's feet..."
As a kid I loved that song and nothing's changed.
Good
JaRo, post: 414973, member: 292 wrote: Don't date anyone with a tattoo!
I've dated a few girls with tattoos and I'm here to say it's pretty much true. Though they can be a lot of fun!
Boy, you're about as sharp as a marble!
Rode hard and put up wet...
Crash and burn
That went over as 'bout as well as an overturned truckload of dead (insert various wildlife or human forms depending upon topic and what region you're in).
Suffer quietly, please.
"What are we gonna survey today boss?"
Boss: "There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
paden cash, post: 414923, member: 20 wrote: There are definitely a lot of people out there that are good at talking. But as you pointed out; too few are good at listening.
I love to listen to people because we are all so damned funny...really. And listening to people will give you some insight on where they're coming from and it will relax them. After that a real conversation might have a chance to occur.
Not too long ago I got a phone call from a very nervous (and probably newly licensed) surveyor. He was trying his best to let me know he had found a pin of mine that he couldn't get to fit his stuff. I could tell he had "thought out" his spiel before calling. I just let him ramble until he found the last period. After he stopped all I said was, "I'm disappointed".
He came back with an "excuse me?"...Then I told him I was hoping at least once in my career someone would call me and tell me my pins fit something instead of NOT fitting...and then I laughed. It seemed to relax him and our conversation left from there to a happy and productive end.
Communication is almost a dead art.
There is the story of the freshman college lecture that ended with the professor asking students to write a paper on the "Essence of Communication" before they could leave. They had an hour.
30 seconds in, a young man walked up, slapped his paper down, and walked out. The class was shocked. The professor glanced at the paper and remarked, "That guy got an A+".
He wrote only one word: brevity.
