Talking at cross purposes

[chris-budget]

When this happens and you realise, what’s your strategy?

• Stick to what you are talking about and wait for them to switch over to your topic
• Switch over to what they are taking about and hope they don’t notice
• Point out that you believe you are talking at cross purposes in a non judgemental way
• Shame them into feeling stupid that they were talking about something different than you were

I did this yesterday whilst talking about some trash tv competitive flower arranging show and it turned out I was talking about the American version and then were talking about the uk version!!!

Unbelievable!!!

[Epimer]

Other: don’t talk to people

[chris-budget]

In this scenario you ARE talking to someone, I suppose you could just stop talking but that seems a little rude to me

[japes]

[Epimer]

[chris-budget]

[radian]