Had I simply asked her if she had any immediate conflicts, such as other work, I might have known that she did not have time to complete the task in time for the deadline or that I would be better served in asking someone else or doing the task myself, possibly with her guidance.
When I spoke with Nancy I should have said "Nancy, are you really bogged down, this week? Or would you have time to make this reservation for me? In that communication there is a clear idea of timeline and Nancy could have said, "I have time, this week what do you need?" Or "No, I am really busy this week working on other projects. Can I give you the contact information so you can make the reservation yourself? Or can I have someone else do it?" From these cue questions and possible answers I could go into greater detail but failing to tell Nancy that the conference room has a week lead time on reservations left me with no reservation and seven clients without a place to meet for a face-to-face that was essential to the collaborative project.
3. Last month I called my brother to tell him about a concern I had with our sister. She had told me that she was having a hard time making her car payment. When I spoke to my brother I was hoping that he would be able to help her out, because I could not. But instead of simply explaining the situation to him with my concern about the problem at hand, I went into to great of detail about a friend that my sister had staying with her that was not pulling her weight. Because my sister had not called our brother and because she was embarrassed about the shortfall, for her own reasons, not because her friend was staying there, after he spoke with her she was hurt and he was angry with me. She had apparently been able to come up with the money already and didn't not want to explain the situation with her friend to anyone, as she (the friend) had nothing to do with the problem.
When I spoke to my brother I was brisk and said: "You" need to help Cynthia because she is in trouble, and could "you" please go over there or call her and get the story on this girl who is staying with her?" When I really should have said, "I am worried about Cynthia, because she keeps coming up short, and that friend of hers seems to be freeloading." It turned out that my concerns were unfounded (at least...
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