Continuing with Perception Week here at Communication FUNdamentals blog, I bring your attention to the word perception and how things are currently perceived in society. Last week on my Facebook wall, I wrote about society's current perception of manners. I'll recap that a bit now and then I'd like to discuss society's current perception of what is inappropriate to do in a public setting. You won't believe this...or, sadly, maybe you will. A few days ago, I took my son to his theater class. I have to preface this a bit so you'll appreciate how blatant this was. His class is upstairs in a tiny room so the kids hardly all fit in. The parents wait outside in a small...
By JoJo (What does the "D" and the fence mean?) Tabares [This week's Word Wednesday post is brought to you by the word "obvious" and the number of times it isn't.] I'm five foot nuthin' so when someone doesn't notice me standing in front of the sales counter, I don't always blame them. I'm easy to miss. Last Sunday at church, I saw a young man who was drawing some amount of attention at the entrance. As my father has been known to say, he had a serious case of TALL! I think I came up to his belt buckle. ;D At five foot and no inches, I'm not so obvious. But as I'll share with you in just a...
I posted this about a year ago. It got such a wonderful response that I thought I'd bring it back. It's a take-off on how a typical car salesmen would break down the price of a car. I was thinking about what I do, which is really selling my words. So accordingly, here is the breakdown of the price for a... Word Salesman: Words ..............................................................................$14.95 Title Fee .............................................................................$1.73 Order Tax (ya gotta have the words in the right order!) ...$20.99 Translation Fee (so my thoughts are in ENGLISH) ..........$10.75 Punctuation Accessories ...................................................$7.95 Adjective Fee ....................................................................$4.95 Paragraph Charge ..............................................................$2.23 PDF Handy Carrying Case ................................................$17.95 Years of Research and Education .................................$1059.72 ———————————————————————————————————- Total cost for one communication study! ......................$1141.22 For more moderately...
