Questions tagged [verbal-communication]
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How to have friend doing a favour sign a contract without making it look like I'm taking advantage of him?
I have a tendency to over think things, get paranoid and get anxiety when it comes to the law. I had a couple of very unfortunate experience, even one I was completely in the right going to court is a ...
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How to have someone work on being on time and communicate it if they're late?
I have a group of friends and one person is often late and gives misleading communication. Twice he made it sound likes he's close and "just parking his car" but takes another 20-30 minutes to arrive. ...
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How to get someone to speak more clearly (with less idioms)?
(For a bit of a backstory, this question is related to this one here)
I have a friend called Bob. He's part of a group of friends I meet with regularly. Bob has a very direct, yet cryptic ...
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How to tell a colleague to lower down her Christmas spirit in office event organising?
I am part of a Fun committee in office and have the responsibility to organize the office events related to proceedings festivals. It's a secular company so we usually cover a variety of festivals - ...
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How to convince younger brother to participate in helping me and others instead of being too focused to something?
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I fought my younger brother when he flat out told me that whatever he's doing at the moment is much more important than any problems that are not his and that it is too much of a hassle to ...
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How can I communicate better with my indirect friends as a direct person?
I am a very direct person. Say what you mean, mean what you say, nothing more, nothing less. Most of my friends of my same gender happen to be indirect.
If I text one of my friends a question such ...
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How to reply to “I shouldn't have to speak to you like that”? [closed]
For more back story, see here. I was asked to a meeting with 2 people from a group of friends I hangout with. The subject was complex. I believe we all respect each other and value direct, open ...
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I keep forgetting the ways other people like to handle things [closed]
In the past I often heard my mum, my wife, my brother, or other relatives to complain about how I do certain things (washing dishes, cleaning, etc.) and advising me how they prefer I would do it. For ...
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How to tell about a deal-breaker without it sounding like an ultimatum
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My new date has a habit that is a deal-breaker for me. She knows it bothers me generally, but doesn't know it bothers me enough to break up with her.
My questions is, how do I tell her that ...
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How do I mingle with westerners in office as a south asian in the UK? [closed]
I came to the UK to work on contract through software company.
I've been in the UK now for more than 2 years now, but I'm still not able to make much rapport or personal friendship with westerners in ...
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How to make sure to get non-alcoholic beer at a bar? [closed]
Sometimes I have to drive by car after going to a bar. Hence at these times I don't want to drink alcohol (even though driving after drinking a modest amount of alcohol is allowed where I live, I don'...
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How to greet Teachers and Staffs?
I am in the final year of my Engineering degree but still find greeting my teachers difficult.
It happens whenever I am on my way to college, when I have to walk from the Hostel to Campus, which ...
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What do you say between recruiter talks in an interview? [closed]
I've had many interviews for recruitment and the problem I have is that I don't really have an idea about what to say when someone explains about their country and about the company and then the ...
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How do I argue in an impersonal manner?
Whenever I argue, people always seem to take it very personally. I see it more as problem solving, where the problem is whatever is being argued (99.9% of the time, the disputed premise is purely ...
