FREE ESSAY ON REACTION: "WHY DON'T YOU SAY WHAT YOU MEAN?"

REACTION: "WHY DON'T YOU SAY WHAT YOU MEAN?"

Well, finally got my book, so now I can write reaction papers....yay!
Anyway, I read the article "Why Don't You Say What You Mean?" I have to be honest with
you, one of the biggest reasons I chose to read this particular article was because it
was short. But my, was it interesting.
It was about how people talk in direct and indirect ways, and why they do it. It
mentioned that people who are superior in any kind of rank, seem to make commands more
indirectly. Subordinates most of the time, interpret these quite well, but they sometimes
have to be learned, but only if you are inexperienced with superiors.
When I read this article, I had a picture of my mother in my head constantly. My mom
loves to give commands indirectly so that she can benefit. Such as, "Ben, I am having
company over here in a little bit." Me, being the "experienced" son, interpreted this to
mean "Hurry up and clean the house before I get really really mad, and then say 'I told
you to clean the house 2 and a half hours ago and you still haven't done it.' And then we
will get into a big argument on how I never told you that, but I really did, so neener
neener neener."
My mother is "Queen superior of all dominion and command giver out-er of indirect
commands." But I never really understood why until I read this article.