Number 3,4,7,9
3. use open-ended questions
4. go with the flow
7. don’t repeat yourself
9. listen, most important, people don’t do this because they’d rather talk
most people listen to reply, not understand
Other Notes:
Technology has a lot of effects on us
conversational competence—-skill needed
1. don’t multi task, be present, be in the moment
2. don’t , write a blog? instead
5. if you don’t know, say you don’t know
6. don’t equate your experience with theirs, not about you, all experiences are individual, conversations are not promotional
8. stay out of the weeds, stupid details you struggle to come up with
10. be brief
I will be interviewing my mother, Christina. She works as a server and administrative assistant at a very well-known restaurant in Central Massachusetts. She has worked there for about 15 years. Today I will interview her about covering in the workplace, and how disabled people are treated in the restaurant business.
Questions:
Have you ever experienced covering in public or in your workplace?
How does your industry/corporation tend to people with disabilities? And how does this affect you/them? What is done to help or discourage disabled people?
Have you ever covered a characteristic of your own to change what people thought about you at work? (co-workers or customers)
Is covering necessary in the work place?
What barriers do you see in your work place? (Unequal treatment, etc.)
