Friday, April 1, 2011

miscommunication (s)

Miscommunication happens. It was an order of magnitude harder for me to formulate a question initially, and asking if I wanted Jello, destroyed the effort. This result in dirty looks and unkind words. I am sorry to everyone that had to endure that. I am also sorry for everyone who cannot say it or does not realize it yet. As the support member, you need to realize that the stroke victims ability to communicate has been compromised, all the way down to the word organization level. Please have some grace in accepting this awkwardness, it will diminish. Even now, I will shoot an unpleasant look sometimes for this reason. Remember it is not like it was, and miscommunication can be no ones fault. It took tremendous effort to learn to communicate effectively, and that would not have happened without those around me excepting my dirty looks with grace and civility.

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