What a lesson in communication skills.

I just watched a movie "The Charge of the Light Brigade." Total fantasy.

The real story was a tragedy. The Russians were removing cannons from a lightly defended flank portion of the battlefield over a hilltop and the British commander ordered the light brigade to "capture the guns."

When the order reached the light brigade, the only guns in site were in the middle of the Russian main line, so 600 some odd calvary charged a massive defensive position and against all odds managed to kill an amazing number of Russians and return a large portion of the attacking force.

The lesson to be learned is to tell the other person exactly what you mean with no chance of misunderstanding. I think the best person I ever dealt with was a book store supervisor in Ithaca, NY. When she gave directions, she would say "repeat back to me in your words what I just told you."

It seems to me about half of the piss fights on this board are due to people being on different wavelengths, not due to real disagreements. Before you flame someone, try to see it from their viewpoint.

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