Whilst working in the garden I called to my wife "What time is it?" to which she yelled... "Lunch will be ready when I'm ready!"
Marriage, huh? :-) Hugh Senior FLCo > -----Original Message-----> From: Bob Sneidar <bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com> > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Subject: Re: How To Say ?This Is Crap? In Different Cultures > Message-ID: <f3882fe6-5de3-434a-8a28-d40d02cfa...@iotecdigital.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Reminds me a lot of a trip I took with my Dad and Stepmom around the big > island of Hawaii. I would hear her say something that barely registered with > me, but my Dad seemed to immediately act upon it. After watching this > interaction for a bit, I realized she was speaking in a kind of code, and he was > interpreting it, and doing a damd good job of it too, although she would > probably have disagreed about that. > > I brought it up to him later, and he confirmed that this was exactly what was > going on. He had learned to do this over the years he had been with her. She > would make vague references to things, and it was his responsibility to > interpret correctly that she wanted him to do or say something very specific. > And he?d better get it right too, or there would be words later, and the > words would be more code he had to interpret correctly, or else things > would just go downhill from there. > > I expressed that this was really difficult for me as it left so much room for > misunderstandings, and the stress of always having to be on my guard about > those little subtleties would be too much for me to deal with on a daily basis. > He told me that I had better never marry then. I?ve taken his advice. :-) > > Bob > > > On Feb 25, 2014, at 14:13 , Mark Wieder <mwie...@ahsoftware.net> wrote: > > > Some cross-cultural issues: > > > > <http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/02/how-to-say-this-is-crap-in-different- > cultures/> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
