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Social Responsive Communication Analysis

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It is safe to say that everyone has or will encounter an occasion where they will experience a challenging communication interaction. Unfortunately, I had the opportunity to experience a few, with my most recent altercation involving an administrative assistant at an eye care center in Charlotte, NC. A week prior to experiencing my conflict, I called the eye care center to place an order for new contact lens. The customer service, via phone, was professional and polite. Purposely, I asked the administrative assistant would my contacts be ready for pick up for the following Thursday. I asked this question simply because I do not live in the area and I would only be able to pick up my order on that particular day. Politely and with much confidence, …show more content…

After I gave the administrative assistant my information, she began to look around for my package. With a puzzled look on her face, her hands probed around her office as she searched for my order. She stopped her search and asked, “Are you sure she did not pick them up already?” Confused as in who she was referring to, I explained to her that the contacts belongs to me and that I am sure that they were not picked up. She continued to look for my order and then begins to say, “Well, did anyone call to inform you that they were here?” I replied, “No, but I called a week ago and I was informed that my package would be here by this date.” I was beginning to grow impatient with her because at no point she admitted to not being able to find my package. With a slight attitude in her voice, she continued to ask if someone else picked up my package and even asked if I was sure I purchased my contacts at all. It was at that moment, I became frustrated and explained to her that I felt as if she was blaming me for the absence of my contact order. I advised her to ask her co-worker for assistance with my order, and of course her co-worker had my order the entire …show more content…

Challenging communication interactions can occur at any age; however, you can usually predict the outcome of a conversation depending on the person’s age. My conversation involved a Caucasian female who was in her late 40’s. Therefore, I assumed that our conflict would be resolved in the most mature way. Instead, I surprisingly experienced the “blame game”, which I identify as a child’s response to conflict. Even though the assistant was immature, her age did not hinder her capability to communicate. Her age did however play a role on how I responded to her. As a child it was embedded in me to always respect my elders, so her age helped keep me calm and it allowed me to not step out of

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