tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post2730755994103188942..comments2023-10-23T10:15:44.618-05:00Comments on The Real Shliach: It's not what you thinkJust like a guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-7850070783608497182008-11-24T12:33:00.000-06:002008-11-24T12:33:00.000-06:00Dear e:Your point is well-taken. One tends to for...Dear e:<BR/>Your point is well-taken. <BR/><BR/>One tends to forget, while being jostled, pushed, elbowed and interrupted that 770 is socially, politically and spiritually a unique location.<BR/><BR/>Silly me,<BR/>L d T.Leo de Toothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839412894312524247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-42985649311060907002008-11-23T21:34:00.000-06:002008-11-23T21:34:00.000-06:00To my dear cucumber sandwich-eating Leo de Toot,Th...To my dear cucumber sandwich-eating Leo de Toot,<BR/><BR/>The veneer of feasibility with which your suggestion is graced in your mind is due to your lack of understanding of the social dynamics of those who are faced with the problem we are setting out to solve. In South Africa, that land of Braais and friendly socialization, one appreciates being introduced to one's friends' friends. In 770, where one's friends' friends include freaking everybody, introducing one's friends to one's other friends would wreak horrific havoc. We'd just end up getting introduced to bajillions of people in whose acquaintance we are not the least interested.<BR/><BR/>I propose we follow the suggestions suggested by Mr. R. Shliach and Nemo: finding that delicate point of balance between talking too much and talking too little, and continuing to search for a graceful way to say goodbye when our friends have--without our leave--begun conversing with other, non-mutual friends.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376537400767851942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-91019971656316514492008-11-23T19:39:00.000-06:002008-11-23T19:39:00.000-06:00Dear Mr. R.S.An interesting problem of etiquette -...Dear Mr. R.S.<BR/>An interesting problem of etiquette - I believe the correct way to deal with this is for the person addressed by the third person to stop their conversation and introduce person #3 to the individual he was originally talking to. That way equal weight is given to both parties - hopefully tact on everyone's part will resolve the importance of each conversation.<BR/>This actually raises an interesting point - members of the Chabad movement (BTs, lifers etc.) are not known for their - well to put it bluntly - manners. Issues involve essentially every public activity.<BR/>Perhaps you could take on a "Miss Manners"-like role and advise your colleagues on some of the more basic aspects of social interaction. For example, take chewing - often too loud and with mouths open; soup eaten with too many slurping sounds (which is strange because its usually cold by the time it gets to the table)- well I'm sure you get the idea. <BR/>And of course with syndication you could turn this into a very profitable side-line.<BR/>Delicately eating my cucumber sandwiches, Leo de Toot.Leo de Toothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839412894312524247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-47436300903381147592008-11-23T16:50:00.000-06:002008-11-23T16:50:00.000-06:00"And then there's those other people who don't rea..."And then there's those other people who don't realize when their turn with you is up."<BR/><BR/>You should have a slot to put in another quarter.Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-51098759382997092842008-11-23T14:28:00.000-06:002008-11-23T14:28:00.000-06:00I can't recall: was I whisked away from you mid-co...I can't recall: was I whisked away from you mid-conversation?<BR/><BR/>That seemed to happen to me a lot this weekend. You know, where you see everyone in the world all at once and you have to make that immediate judgment of what the particular individual is worth in you eyes and whether you can or should suspend other conversations in their recognition or benefit.<BR/><BR/>Crazy, the 770 life!<BR/><BR/>It gets complicated when you have to adjudge the value of speaking to one person over the other where the conversation is excellent, and someone else chances upon you who you haven't seen in a long time.<BR/><BR/>And then there's those other people who don't realize when their turn with you is up.Nemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08402531988433648505noreply@blogger.com