How to Win Friends and Influence People Class 2: Sept. 11

[veryverypopular.livejournal.com]

Glinda was waiting at the front of the classroom, and seemed less cheery than usual. Although there were still snacks in the form of a cake and tea. "Today's lesson covers the fundamentals of handling people. They are as follows: First, don't criticize, condemn or complain. Second, give honest and sincere feedback. Third, motivate the other person to genuinely want to achieve what you are aiming for.

"Today's activity will revolve around that. I want you to pair up. You will take turns proposing the craziest idea you can think of, and the other will try to critique without coming across as namby-pamby or overtly harsh. Any questions? No? Then let's begin."

[OCD up! Up super early for SP justice. Roster, syllabus, and other fun things can be found at that link. See OOC note for how to make today more interesting.]

Comments

Activity :: 9/11

[veryverypopular.livejournal.com]

Pair off and get to work!

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[knowsnokungfu.livejournal.com]

Figuring out something crazy, that people around here wouldn't think of as pretty damn normal... Wasn't as easy as Chuck had imagined it might be, so he was already trying to come up with something as he waited for a partner.

The other side of this? Nice criticism. He'd probably be better at.

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[heartflames.livejournal.com]

"Looking for a partner?" Eleanor asked, coming up to him.

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[knowsnokungfu.livejournal.com]

"I guess I am." Chuck shot her a bright, if nervous grin. "Hi... Are you good at wacky ideas?" If not, he was going to have to steal something off Morgan...

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[heartflames.livejournal.com]

"Not that I'm aware of," she replied, taking a seat. "There's any number of things here that I think of as 'wacky', so it's difficult to suggest something."

(hee! no probs!)

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[knowsnokungfu.livejournal.com]

"Number of things for me too," Chuck admitted. "Big things. Lots of things..." Still a bit of an obvious newbie, this one.

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[heartflames.livejournal.com]

"Rains of food?" she said with a smirk. "Just wait until someone you know," or he himself, "turns into an animal."

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[knowsnokungfu.livejournal.com]

"Yeah... I've been warned about that." And still sounded weirded out. "Warned about both, actually."

"And advised on how not to end up naked somewhere." He could just see something horribly awkward like that happening to him, and winced at the very thought.

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[heartflames.livejournal.com]

"Yes, that is a concern. Thankfully, I was in my own room when I changed back."

"So, have any ideas for this exercise?"

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[living_endless]

Didi stayed in her seat and watched the group, waiting for a partner. The assignment sounded fun.

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[feline-royalty.livejournal.com]

Tybalt cast a look in the direction of the goth girl, considering for a moment.

She'd do.

"Art thou still looking for a partner?"

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[living_endless]

"I guess I am," Didi said, her usual faint smile forming as she looked him over. (Not uncute, but kind of on the greasy side, and the speech was interesting for this time and place.) "It's Didi. What kind of crazy thing do you want to talk me into?"

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[feline-royalty.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I've all manner of ideas, though I'd consider precious few to be crazy," Tybalt mused, taking the seat across from her, straddling it backwards and resting his arms on the backrest. "I daresay whatever task I set depends most strongly on what thou might think to be mad in the first place, good lady. Art thou the sort who doth protest to time spent participating in activities of a more questionable nature?"

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[living_endless]

"What are we calling questionable?" Didi wondered. "if you're trying to get me drunk, that's really not my thing."

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[feline-royalty.livejournal.com]

Not really her... Tybalt made a bit of a face at that. She'd be likely to be like Jean, then. He'd throw perfectly good innuendo at her all period and it would go to waste. Sad, really.

He sighed.

"No, no, nothing so inadequate for the school setting," he said, managing somehow to keep the grumble out of his voice. "I was merely thinking of a pastime such as..." Make something up, Tybalt. "Coming up with proper synonyms to be used in the place of the names of thine enemies, perhaps. Such as 'villain,' or 'coward.'"

Lame, Tybalt.

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[living_endless]

Didi loved letting innuendo go over her head. It made life much easier and it annoyed guys.

"Calling people names?" Didi asked, incredulous. (Because, yeah, lame.) "Sure. Except I don't really have enemies. Got any we could borrow?"

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[feline-royalty.livejournal.com]

"A house entire," Tybalt noted, smirking faintly. Hey, if incredulous was the best reaction he could get out of this girl, then he'd take it. "The family Montague, which mine own hath been plagued by throughout history. If the say were mine, I'd hunt the lot of them, let them taste the bite of my Rapier."

Did that sound a little more crazy? Tybalt didn't think it sounded crazy at all. Why would it be?

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[bitchy_smurf]

Yes, this would work out very, very well.

Illyria was incapable - in her own inviolable opinion - of coming up with insane ideas, so clearly she would have to wait to be approached with one.

Before smacking it down like a bitch.

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack could do this without WTFing at the girl who looked like a cross between a drowning victim and a really sloppy goth painter....though now he's thinking of going with Plan B to discuss painting goths.

"So, I'm thinking we all need flying cars," he said, dropping into a chair next to her. Pfft. Introductions could wait.

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[bitchy_smurf]

Illyria considered this. "To hurl at our enemies?"

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"Well, to hurl something that big at an enemy, you don't need a flying car. A regular car will do. Or just a big hunk of metal. But cars that fly? We need that." He nodded.

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[bitchy_smurf]

"Why? Your race shows very little ability to master the sort that merely crawl on the earth."

Not overtly harsh, right?

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"My.... So you're saying that your people would be better suited to flying cars?"

He was not getting huffy, really. Okay, maybe a little...

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[bitchy_smurf]

"My people are dead; they would have little use for automobiles."

Re: Activity :: 9/11

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin looked around for a partner.