2.3 Reflect Blog: Taking Someone To Lunch

 

 

                                            TAKING SOMEONE TO LUNCH

After watching Elizabeth Lesser video and explaining how it's important to reach across the aisle and communicate and listen (2010).  We all have a multitude of personalities, and if we are willing to listen while others are talking a lot of misunderstanding can be rectified.

It would be a great honor to take the owner of a bar to lunch that is located near our salon.  There's several questions that need to ask base on a past disagreement.  It's essential to understand why his patron parks their vehicles on our property, and when we approach him to address the issue, he isn't open-minded.  He's very aggressive about anything about his business.

   However, communicating about this manner, we can have an open and honest conversation. After all, we don't feel the owner wants me next door to his bar because we enforce how things are conduct on our property.    When the building was purchased eight years ago,  the owner of the bar parked his truck on the property daily. The constructor had to notify me several about the owner disrupt their work by parking on the property.  Therefore, we paid the owner a visit to bring this to attention and explain why it wasn't a good idea to park on private property.  Well, lets say, he stated we didn't own the property and he can park where he likes to park. 

      The conversation didn't go over well and we had to contact law enforcement to address the issue.  He left before the police arrived, but I took a picture of his truck on my property so he wouldn't deny parking on it. Our approach has always been professional, but still, to this day, we can't see eye to eye because he can't control the people who patronize his establishment.  We've had several conversations about his patrons leaving beer cans/bottles and litter in the parking lot.

     As an owner of a business, it's not fair for our staff to arrive for work to pick up bottles that our camera clearly shows where the people are coming from and parking on the property after business hours.  Inviting the owner to lunch to ask these questions will probably address many unanswered questions and clear any misperception.  We can both put everything on the table and hold nothing back so that we can work together.

     The Poughkeepsie Journal (2018), shows a great scenario and how important it is to recognize the valuable components forming communication contributing to the overall success and effectiveness of a relationship.  If you've ever been to a basketball camp, you have heard the importance of listening multiple times.   We don't believe it's my place to convince you why communication and listening are important, perhaps more than ever.

     Lessor stated having a real and honest dialogue will put you at ease about the subject at hand.  It doesn't matter if you agree to disagree; it will be okay as long as you respect each other opinions.  The ability to communicate effectively in the modern workplace is the determining factor in the overall success. Base on research and ideology of others, culture, and misperception can control the outcome if communication and listening are present.

References

Lesser, E. (2010) Take "The Other" to lunch (Ted/11:02)

When listening is more important than just hearing. (2018, Feb 10). The Poughkeepsie Journal 

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