Ethics in Everyday Life Essay

Demonstrative Communication
  This is a very interesting story about nonverbal communication .As a child growing up in multi-cultural household was quite a task and sometimes difficult. I had two Grandmothers of two different cultures to communicate with one spoke Spanish and the other Sicilian. This is where the fun begins, ever since I was able to talk I remember my Mother asking me to call both my Grandmothers down for dinner, breakfast and etc. I remember just trying to ask them to come and eat dinner was like being at a circus, I used all types of facial expressions and body language movements like pretending to have a fork or a spoon in my hand, you can probably imagine how comical this must of have had to look like seeing a young skinny kid with Coke bottle glasses jumping around the room.
    During this time I must have only been five or six years of age and only spoke English at the time. As I grow older I was able to communicate with both Grandmothers a little better and was able to pick up both languages but I never could master either, by this time my demonstrative skills had gotten better needed less to say they carried on in to my adult life .As an air conditioning service technician my demonstrative skill came in handy when I had to deal with Asian and Indian cultures , the majority of time I had to use this skills to get my point across for example if the fan motor was bad I would hold up my hand and twirl it around like a fan blade to give the customer an idea , these skills are also useful if you’re working at a noisy work site etc. I guess we all use demonstrative communication without realizing it, I can remember my parents telling me to clean my room are to do my homework in a low tone voice and I already knew what that mint. As a Manager interviewing a potential employee I can always tell if he or she is censer by the way they stumble through sentences can be perceived or interpreted as nervousness or lack of confidence in their knowledge...