Is it me, or have people's listening skills deteriorated significantly over the past few years? I have always been a polite conversationalist, who allows others to completely finish their thought when speaking, before I give my comment on it. More and more, I am finding that others do not show people the same courtesy. After I am about halfway through a sentence, people will jump in and give their opinion, not having the complete story, and, by the time they are done, they are not even close to talking about the point I was trying to make. More and more, I am finding (and I am from the old school on this, and do not enjoy doing it) that I have to interrupt them when they interrupt me, saying, "If you would please let me finish........." in order to make sure that my point is received, and I am not misinterpreted. Is it just me, or has society lost its ability to listen carefully and not assume, before listening to itself talk?
2007-01-11
00:29:37
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rhino
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Etiquette