I was at an event a few weeks back, just minding my own business and doing what I was there to do, when a friend came into where I was and we started talking and catching up. Normal pleasantries and all that. Then they asked me a question: "How is your chocolate business going?" "GREAT!" I told them and that was all I said. They asked the name of the company and where they could buy it. I said "Fresco Chocolate and buy it at Chocolate Necessities". Basics - short and sweet! The person then asked me "So tell me - what exactly is it that you do? How do you make the chocolate?" Now I know not to bore people with all the details of our business. Most people just couldn't care less and that's okay. But I was going to answer her question as brief as possible. I started to explain "We import cocoa beans, roast them, blah, blah, blah". When I noticed this person, totally and completely looking around the room and not even interested in what I was saying.
So to test what I was observing I did this
Seriously - mid-sentence I just stopped talking. The person said "That's wonderful!" and proceeded to turn around and walk out of the room I was in. It literally left me
Just WOW! If you don't want to know - don't ask. I really will not be offended. But I have learned a lesson about this particular person and I saw them in a different light and it wasn't good. I could give them the benefit of the doubt and that they have ADHD or something. But it makes me think and make sure that when I ask a person a question, even as simple as "How are you?" that I really mean it and listen to what the person is saying.
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