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Have you ever spoken to somebody face-to-face and they have ignored you?
It hurts doesn’t it?
“How rude” you think. “What have they got against me?”
We’ve all had this happen to us. Did you consider it may have been because the person didn’t hear you? (This is particularly pertinent to me as I and others in my family have a hearing impairment).
Have you ever tried to speak with somebody in a noisy environment? Trying to speak in an underground train station or while loud machinery is operating is hard?
The same can occur when you send somebody an email and they don’t respond. To you, it feels like they are deaf.
In noisy situations above we have to resort to other methods to get our message across. Often they are methods we are unfamiliar with, because we don’t use them every day.
Have you used hand signals and making sure the person you are speaking to is facing you when you speak? Yes, we use these methods in loud places.
The same can occur when we want people to respond to our emails.