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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 10:27 am
– You have to be self-collected and have everything in order and everything under control; there is no other way to do it. You have your head in the clouds; you do not orient yourself in anything at all. Basically, you’re lost. You can never accomplish anything this way.
We go into an establishment, and there is a lady administrator. And I told her that I need a massage at two o’clock for two people.
– We can’t take you at two o’clock, but there is an availability at eleven-thirty.
– OK then. Let’s do it at eleven thirty.
– And then she writes everything down. And she says:
– Here, I’ve written it down. A massage. For one, correct? At eleven thirty
– Why? You said that only one spot is available at two in the afternoon. And for two people, it is only at eleven thirty. And that’s why I chose this time. It’s not the time I wanted, but it’s the only time slot for two. Why should I take it for one if I can take it for two?
– Oh, that’s right. I will note it.
– Please do.
And so the conversation is happening, and my friend begins to explain to this woman that I am so organized and people are mostly slackers who hear everything wrong. Like it goes in one ear and out the other.
Each of you perceives me in your own distorted way. Imagine I drew a green car that is going somewhere. I show this picture to a thousand people, and when these people are with their friends, they all talk about my picture in a distorted way. And of course, I won’t like it very much. In the picture, the car rides at sunset, and all the people with whom I shared it go to their friends and say, “Oh, Alexandr Korol painted this picture; it’s so cool; there is a flying row of birds on it.” And another says, “It was such a dim sun, so dark, the picture was gloomy.” And the third person says, “There was some kind of a tree on the road.” And the picture is about a car and a sunset. Do you understand what the problem is? You can’t even imagine how meticulously I tried to share the information so that your mind would not vulgarize or distort it in any way.
We go into an establishment, and there is a lady administrator. And I told her that I need a massage at two o’clock for two people.
– We can’t take you at two o’clock, but there is an availability at eleven-thirty.
– OK then. Let’s do it at eleven thirty.
– And then she writes everything down. And she says:
– Here, I’ve written it down. A massage. For one, correct? At eleven thirty
– Why? You said that only one spot is available at two in the afternoon. And for two people, it is only at eleven thirty. And that’s why I chose this time. It’s not the time I wanted, but it’s the only time slot for two. Why should I take it for one if I can take it for two?
– Oh, that’s right. I will note it.
– Please do.
And so the conversation is happening, and my friend begins to explain to this woman that I am so organized and people are mostly slackers who hear everything wrong. Like it goes in one ear and out the other.
Each of you perceives me in your own distorted way. Imagine I drew a green car that is going somewhere. I show this picture to a thousand people, and when these people are with their friends, they all talk about my picture in a distorted way. And of course, I won’t like it very much. In the picture, the car rides at sunset, and all the people with whom I shared it go to their friends and say, “Oh, Alexandr Korol painted this picture; it’s so cool; there is a flying row of birds on it.” And another says, “It was such a dim sun, so dark, the picture was gloomy.” And the third person says, “There was some kind of a tree on the road.” And the picture is about a car and a sunset. Do you understand what the problem is? You can’t even imagine how meticulously I tried to share the information so that your mind would not vulgarize or distort it in any way.