Nonverbal communication
Last Sunday I had a long trip from my hometown to the city where I'm studying. It took me 8 hours on train and I planned to sleep during the trip. There was a woman sat beside me and asked which city I was heading to. After having conversation for a while, I decide to sleep. I fished my earphone in my bag, pinned the jack on my mp3 player and plugged my ears. In fact I didn't listen to music. I usually do this when I don't want to talk with strangers or when I want to enjoy my time alone.
It reminds of a lecture I got in campus. My lecturer said that we all do have our own ways to communicate with others without telling them anything. In my case, I 'told' her with my gesture that I wanted to sleep. I plugged my ears with earphone and I wanted her to assume that I was listening to music and couldn't hear anything so she wouldn't disturb me. You may find some people (mostly women) will put their bag on the empty chair next to her/him. Sometimes people do that to mark their territory so strangers can't sit beside him/her.
We all have different languages and different ways in verbal communication but I'm curious about nonverbal communication that you usually do to strangers. Do we all have same ways?
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Nonverbal communication
Last Sunday I had a long trip from my hometown to the city where I'm studying. It took me 8 hours on train, and I planned to sleep during the trip. There was a woman seated beside me and she asked which city I was heading to. After having a conversation for a while, I decided to sleep. I fished out my earphones from my bag, pinned the jack into my mp3 player, and plugged my ears. In fact, I didn't listen to music. I usually do this when I don't want to talk with strangers or when I want to enjoy my time alone.
It reminds of a lecture I heard on campus. My lecturer said that we all have our own ways to communicate with others without saying anything to them. In my case, I 'told' her with my gesture that I wanted to sleep. By plugging my ears with earphone, I wanted her to assume that I was listening to music and couldn't hear anything so she wouldn't disturb me. You may find some people (mostly women) will put their bag on the empty chair next to her/him. Sometimes people do that to mark their territory so strangers can't sit beside him/her.
We all have different languages and different ways of verbal communication, but I'm curious about nonverbal communication that you usually do with strangers. Do we all have the same ways?
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감사합니다 중연씨 :)
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I totally agree with you, Mega. Sometimes I do the same thing like you when using public transportation. your writing gives me a good chance to think about nonverval communication. Thank you????
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