10 Social Interactions

Principles Used:

In this seris of interactions the suggested principles to exercise were being honest, not giving criticism, remembering the person's name, making the other person feel important, and smiling and being open. These were the ones that I used in my interactions, along with others in the texted not mentioned above.


Interaction 1:

I met a young lady in my Interpersonal Communication class, using the above mentioned items, discussing with her interest in editing papers, and also listening eagerly about her views and opinons of the class she is now willing to edit all my reading responses before we hand them as, as I sometimes struggle with that part of writing.


Interaction 2:

A nice young lady I met at whole foods, I complemented her on a Blouse she had, asked her her name and was open nice and interested in her fashion tastes. She proceeded to give me her employee discount on my purchases.


Interaction 3:
I was doing a photography assignment, I got into a converstation with a guy standing around we talked about the buisnesses in this section of Philadelphia, I found out he was in the mural I was taking a picture of and got him in the picture for my class.


Interaction 4:
I went for a job interview at Home Depo, I asked the assistant about herself and her life and found out she was a UMBC graduate. She seems very happy to talk about her life, and her job(s) and all the little stuff inbetween. I listened intently and asked questions. I also got the job!

Interaction 5:
I spoke very openly and nicely to a relative of a friend, Londa. This is someone who I have seen often, but never really got into a converstation about. I found out it was her birthday and told her happy birthday, asked her about what she did, and she spoke very openly and warmly about her job, her husband, and everything else inbetween. She was shocked I spoke to her in the manner which I did (detailed and intimately), but seemed to enjoy the amount of attention I was paying to her.


Interaction 6:

I met a lady who is the director for Fiscal Sponsership in Baltimore City for Community Projects. I asked her her name, her job title, and 1,000 questions about Fiscal Sponsership and her job. She seemed to be really eager fro me to ask quesitons, almost inviting, at the end of the converstation which was honest, open, and warm I got some really good information and a contact number and email address.

Interaction 7:

This interaction occured with a roommate who was having some issues with me and wasn't being very communicative. I came to her spoke very nicely, used her name, and a tone that was consoling and reassuring. I also attempted to find a common ground between the issues between us, by hearing her out and geuinely understanding her position and her concerns, she seemed to me alot more comfortable with what was worry her, and also took responsibility for her own contribution to the concerns. The result is a more harmonious living sitution for the both of us.


Interaction 8:

I met this lady from PETA, who was really passionate and eager to get me to donate to PETA. Although, I am not an animal activist I heard her out took into deep consideration her case and position, answered really good and challenging questions (i think), that I believed she answered well. Although, I didn't agree with everything she said I donated (2.00$) and she was very happy to get a donation from me and answer all of my questions.





Interaction 9:

I was at the tmobile store, and this lady elderly lady named Shiela was really frustrated with her cellphone. The store was crowded and she kept complaining about she was going to be late for work, but nobody was helping her. I asked her her name, asked her if I could see her phone and try to help her (I had that same phone at one point). I showed her how to use the function in her phone she need clarity on and she was able to leave the store and hopefully make it to work on time. During the course of the converstation, I listened intent about how she talked about her job, and her 4 grandkids that put the money together to get her a phone that was too hightech.



Interaction 10:

I spoke to a gallery owner in Philadelphia that I called to see if I could get some local collaboration for some projects I am working on. She was really open, telling me about her buisness and the hardships of selling art in the current economy. I got some really good information, and she also told me about some studio space tht were for rent, and some commerical spaces that were from rent that she thought I might be interested in.