To Comment or Not to Comment?
No, I’m not talking about leaving comments on my webpage, though comments are always appreciated.
Instead, I’m talking about whether or not you would interject in a random person’s conversation if you overheard them talking about something that you knew about?
I’ve always had this thought during the times that I’ve been in stores where the sales person is trying to make a sale and telling the customer all sorts of stuff. Usually, the sales person is it in for themselves, trying to make a sale, with the customer not really knowing what they’re looking for. If you hear the sales person saying something like “Getting this item will really make things better,” and you know that for the most part, that item won’t really do anything to help the customer, do you step in and give advice to the random stranger about to be duped? Or do you just laugh to yourself, and think that you know better, then keep walking?
What if let’s say you’re at a restaurant eating, and you overhear the table next to you and you hear one person tell the person their eating with something that’s completely wrong and you know it’s wrong. The person listening doens’t seem like they know it’s wrong, so they believe what they’re hearing. Do you offer your own comments, of course in a nice manner?
I’ve typically stayed quiet figuring that for the most part it’s not my place to make a comment. But maybe I should be commenting in the future? What do you do? Do you pass on your knowledge or do you keep quiet not knowing the other people?
Leave a comment and let me know!