Communication

My day started off at 6am when I saw the email in my office mailbox. It was a very cocky email and I also replied in a politely-crude way. The way of how the message was being communicated, I had enough. It ticked me off.

It was a long day at work – filled with training in the morning, chasing after sales to close the month and later a long meeting in the afternoon to sort of the budget. Thereafter, I hopped into another meeting room to sort things out with the agency. By the time I had time to sit down to do my work, it was 5pm.

While I was walking back to my desk, the marketing guy stopped and apologized to me for raising his voice at me. His action caught me off guard. I knew he is under a lot of pressure and the heavy workload since the other person left the company. I didn’t keep it in me when he raised his voice during our discussion earlier. Sometimes it is normal for someone to react such way, simply because he is just human. So am I. I do throw temper. I am also only human.

We met up late for dinner tonight. I waited for an hour. I kept myself busy by surfing the internet, sending text messages and following up on the upcoming event while waiting without a reason told. I was a little upset initially because time is really precious to me (nowadays) but later I found out how rough his day was. I understand; understood. I wasn’t upset anymore. I became the listener (which I am glad to be).

Communication is important. It is crucial to inform or voice out the reasons or honest thoughts, or else others can misunderstood easily. However, everyone has their own style of conveying messages but as long as the other party accepts it and understands……it is okay.

Just today itself, I’ve experienced 3 different forms of communication.