Over 20 years ago, an old friend of mine said he far preferred using 1. face to face 2. phone. 3. email 4, in TXT in that order in business, regardless of whether he knew the client or not, but even more so with those who were new to him. At the time I’d never really thought about it because I’d mostly used phones in my business at that time. So I asked him why he had that opinion?
He replied with something like...Whats the point of both parties (who often do not know each other, their level of experience, how they like to be related to, or what sort of person they are) spending hours on keyboards trying to communicate often re complex subjects? He said its too easy for either side to make assumptions, &/or misreading &/or misinterpreting each others wants, offers, intentions & emotions. This because you cannot see the person or read their face or emotions. Its a recipe for escalation of communication problems (he said). Upon thinking about it I agreed. I agree even more today. Why?
20 years later, I've never forgotten what my old friend said. Today we have social media which only makes it worse. Anyone who watches the net as an independent can see that FaceBook thrives on just these kind of factors which set people off against each other. FB know that. So does Trip Advisor, just ask friends you have in TH travel and tourism industry. Its why I gave up FB & all others anything like it. So whats a solution?
IMHO the kind of subjects we discuss on GTRider motorcycles, riding, gear, travel, food and accom) would be far better talked about when and where possible via weekly, fortnightly or monthly over a meal & beer / coffee (whatever those on here want), at least occasionally, so that people can actually know each other for real There is so much knowledge to be shared, and we can do this far faster, in a far more friendly way, by doing at least a part of that face to face.
The curse thats plagued the world for 3 yrs looks like its on its last legs, (hopefully) so maybe we can have a regular meet in CM say alternating between North CM and South CM, to keep it fair on travel time and distance. Maybe once a month to start with? I live in South CM and can suggest a few places. IMHO I’d choose one place North and one place South, and stick to these, a place with no ownership links to any member. A FB MC group I was involved with (good people) tried to do a different venue across CM for ea MotoGP. But it seemed to fail because often people could not find each new venue every time we met. EG Got tired of searching.
So, what is the verdict folks?
PS: I’m not even a subscriber, because I have a technical issue (which is a question for Dave FL re payments). So how do I PM on this website? If its easier to tell me with a TXT link of instructions to do it, just send that please. Many thanks in advance.
PSS: Yes I know Dave U has his monthly dinners, which is great. I would love to go, and I’m very much looking forward to same. But I, like some others are stuck in one place, for a time, for various reasons. In my case thats building, so I cannot go away from CM for even a few days. Ive alert learnt that the hard way.
He replied with something like...Whats the point of both parties (who often do not know each other, their level of experience, how they like to be related to, or what sort of person they are) spending hours on keyboards trying to communicate often re complex subjects? He said its too easy for either side to make assumptions, &/or misreading &/or misinterpreting each others wants, offers, intentions & emotions. This because you cannot see the person or read their face or emotions. Its a recipe for escalation of communication problems (he said). Upon thinking about it I agreed. I agree even more today. Why?
20 years later, I've never forgotten what my old friend said. Today we have social media which only makes it worse. Anyone who watches the net as an independent can see that FaceBook thrives on just these kind of factors which set people off against each other. FB know that. So does Trip Advisor, just ask friends you have in TH travel and tourism industry. Its why I gave up FB & all others anything like it. So whats a solution?
IMHO the kind of subjects we discuss on GTRider motorcycles, riding, gear, travel, food and accom) would be far better talked about when and where possible via weekly, fortnightly or monthly over a meal & beer / coffee (whatever those on here want), at least occasionally, so that people can actually know each other for real There is so much knowledge to be shared, and we can do this far faster, in a far more friendly way, by doing at least a part of that face to face.
The curse thats plagued the world for 3 yrs looks like its on its last legs, (hopefully) so maybe we can have a regular meet in CM say alternating between North CM and South CM, to keep it fair on travel time and distance. Maybe once a month to start with? I live in South CM and can suggest a few places. IMHO I’d choose one place North and one place South, and stick to these, a place with no ownership links to any member. A FB MC group I was involved with (good people) tried to do a different venue across CM for ea MotoGP. But it seemed to fail because often people could not find each new venue every time we met. EG Got tired of searching.
So, what is the verdict folks?
PS: I’m not even a subscriber, because I have a technical issue (which is a question for Dave FL re payments). So how do I PM on this website? If its easier to tell me with a TXT link of instructions to do it, just send that please. Many thanks in advance.
PSS: Yes I know Dave U has his monthly dinners, which is great. I would love to go, and I’m very much looking forward to same. But I, like some others are stuck in one place, for a time, for various reasons. In my case thats building, so I cannot go away from CM for even a few days. Ive alert learnt that the hard way.
