Davida said:Yes that makes sense...Buddy said:I've experienced something similar when I was working as an unloader of trucks. Two people working in the back of a trailer, stacking boxes onto a wooden pallet in patterns specific to the shape of the boxes. Communication can be done non-verbally - mostly with pointing and demonstrating. Then when both people know the same job the same way, verbosity is not necessary at all. Communication happens though, but I think of it as systemic rather than personal, if that makes any sense.Davida said:I remember a long time ago, working with a German guy who had no English, except for yes and no, and likewise, I had no German, but we both knew our job, and had no problems communicating, It was funny, its like cave men, lots of gesturing, with appropriate noise making.
But we were not very bright, hence some form of verbal communication just happened. Ee’s Oo’s and Aa’s mostly, picked out of my deliberate broken/minimised English, and I’m assuming his minimised German, along with yes’s, and no’s, we were idiots at work, or maybe just me. lol
Though it was the installation of scanning and routing equipment, and it’s integration into a new line, the job was somebody’s afterthought, and not on the original plans, hence the manifestation of the Ee’s, Oo’s and Aa’s... as the idiotic powers above so the manifestation of idiocy below.
I think its universal, works for dinner, work, rest, and play. Just the expression is slightly different, much like some cultures (Greek) would use the same (slang) word to greet a friend, or describe a bad friend... just how its expressed, its intonation. osit (though I’m out of my dept here)
A friend of mine told me that she had spent a week at a silent retreat, where no one was allowed to speak. She said that at first it was difficult, but after a day or two, everyone there became much more attentive to the gestures and needs of others. It is my guess that when we stop using verbal language to communicate, our ability to read body language and non-verbal sounds is first warmed up and then kicked into overdrive, allowing us to tap into primal ways of communication that we don't usually rely fully upon.
This also reminds me of some concepts discussed in Social Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, particularly our ability to empathize with others through a mechanism involving involuntary muscle contraction to match those of a person we are attending to or observing. This made me think that written language is not nearly as efficient as transmitting emotions as non-verbal communication, although I still wouldn't want to call it "evil" even though it is somewhat more detached... osit
If only we were all skilled at telepathy... :P