I find it annoying when people aren’t direct with me. They somehow expect me to ‘read between the lines’, a difficult job at the best of times and downright dangerous if the lines in question happen to be on a railway. Well, I’m never going to read between railway lines – and neither should you. There are safer places to read a book. Two professions, in particular, are magnets for ‘indirect’ people and I will talk about these in this piece.
The first group I will write about are estate agents/realtors. Estate agents have a language all of their own; it’s called ‘Balderdash Sells’ or BS for short. How many times have they described a property as needing ‘Tender Loving Care?’ What they might mean by this is that the house wouldn’t look out of place among the ruins of Rome. And if they ever tell you the property is in an area with quiet neighbours, make sure to check there isn’t a graveyard behind the back garden.
Most politicians also fall into the ‘Balderdash Sells’ category. In fact, they fall flat on their faces into this category. For example, they might say that the economy is doing well when what they really mean is the economy is going downhill faster than an Olympic skier with chronic flatulence.
The good news is there’s a way to tell what a politician really means and that is by looking at his/her body language. For example, say he is talking about the country’s economy being ‘stable’ and you notice that he can’t keep his feet still. In this situation his mind isn’t really on the economy – as it’s more likely he needs the toilet.
Before you leave, I’d like to be very direct and ask you to share this piece and to follow my blog. Thank you.
© John E. McBride (2017)
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