As a writer, I am sensitive to the art of communication. Here, then, are my top ten recent examples of the best–or worst–examples of the art of communication:
The tenth best or worst example of the art of communication is . . .
A 24 year old son known for begging his parents for handouts as many as 30 times a day asked them for money so he could buy a razor to shave for a pending job interview. The day after the interview, he dropped by his parents home to ask for still another handout. He was wearing a full beard.
The ninth best or worst recent example of the art of communication is . . .
When asked to defend his remarks caught on video that he could grope any woman and get away it, Donald Trump’s wife Melania dismissed her husband’s remarks as “just words.”
The eighth best or worst recent example of the art of communication is . . .
When asked to defend the words on the back of a jacket she recently wore to a public appearance that read “I Really Don’t Care, Do U?,” Melania Trump’s husband Donald dismissed the slogan as “just words.”
The seventh best or worst recent example of the art of communication is . . .
Apple recently announced that it had signed Oprah Winfrey, Reece Witherspoon, Steven Spielberg, and the producers of Sesame Street to vague service contracts–without needing to specify the reasons or the subject matter of those contracts.
The sixth best or worst recent example of the art of communication is . . .
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Donald Trump’s Communications Director, being asked to leave a restaurant after refusing to allow her to order a meal.
The fifth best or worst recent example of the art of communication is . . .
IBM’s artificial intelligence machine Debater that was judged to have out-debated a human opponent.
The fourth best or worst recent example of the art of communication is . . .
U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley explaining why the U.S. has quit the U.N. Human Rights Council, noted that it had adopted resolutions condemning Israel more times than it adopted resolutions condemning North Korea, Iran and Syria combined and concluded that the U.N. Human Rights Council constituted a “cesspool of bias.”
The third best or worst recent example of the art of communication is . . .
Koko the ape signing over 2,000 words understandably in the English language and sobbing upon learning that his pet cat and dear friend had died.
The second best or worst recent example of the art of communication is . . .
If people knew what others really had to say about them, there’d be no friends left.
And, drum roll please, unless you can top it, the first best or worst recent example of the art of communication is . . .
In the face of a request from airline personnel for someone on board a flight who could sign with a deaf and dumb passenger, a 15 year old youngster shyly raised her hand, said she had been studying signing for a year, and then spent over one hour on the flight signing into the hand of the adult passenger, explaining to airline personnel that the passenger merely needed a bottle of water, travel directions, and . . . someone to talk with. She added that there was a purpose for her to be on that particular flight.
What examples of good or bad communication can you think of to share?
Oh, yes, and one more example of hopefully good communication, please keep an eye out for THE PUPPET MASTER by yours truly, prequel to THE AMENDMENT KILLER, available in fine bookstores everywhere this December 15.
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