The book says....COMMUNICATE

This term is so sensitive.

Today i went to meet up with a friend. Though I knew that the behavior projected was due to the person's upbringing. Still, I was really pissed off by the way the person went about doing things.

I seriously thought that the person wanted to catch up with me. But instead, it was to fulfill what the person's boss had asked to do. This is in the same theory as another joker i know.

This other joker asked me before in the past. Hey, can you tell me more about Aikido? So I went on and explained stuff to him, giving him a clearer picture for the next 10 minutes outside my home in the freezing winter. In the end, what did the guy answered? He said, actually I'm not so interested in this. So I asked him, then why ask?

His answer was, "Well, I read it in a book. It says to make friends, we gotta talk about a topic that the target knows to improve communication with one another."

- Never cite from a book what you just did to make friends. It is just so duh.

As for today's issue, the person told me that the boss instructed her to make more friends, not to be so shy and widen your social circle, so that's the reason that I was asked out. The person felt that I could relate well to others, so wanted to pick up some tips from me. But how was I to teach something that requires the individual to act normally, and make your own friends without a motive? When the person obviously has a motive..

So I gave the above as a reasoning and cited some common workplace examples. Then I left to go window shopping and stuff, so the person followed suit, step by step...left foot, right foot. Turn left, stop, turn right, stop. I tried to be friendly, control my frustration, and asked whether the person would like to look around. In the end, I had to ask the person to stop following me. It was just too close for my comfort, and fark, I was really pissed off.

In the end, once the person had finished the 'research', the person left, with the reason that time for home cooked food was a better option.

Alright! Next time, I am not going to be so accommodating. You need a request, ask it via SMS or the phone. I'm not going to waste my time to meet up with someone so unappreciative, once your objective has been cleared, you left.