Examples of miscommunication

Philippines
July 21, 2010 5:39am CST
Hello everyone. Please tell me what are the examples of miscommunication you know and you experience? Please if you can give the detail the better :) I mean the exact what you say.
3 responses
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
21 Jul 10
I went on a trip to Bulgaria and the lady at the ticket desk didn't speak much English. She tried to explain things to me in pictures on a piece of paper. In the end I think she was staying the train only had sleepers on it. I managed to book a place on it so I was happy. I was traveling in Australia and I cut myself on something. I needed a plaster. I went to a shop and asked for a pack of plasters. The shop assistant misunderstood me. He thought I wanted to get plastered which means drunk. I went on a vacation to Tunisia. I wanted to have a drink because I was thirsty. I nearly bought floor cleaner in a big misunderstanding. I was glad a lady showed me a mime of what it was for.
• India
21 Jul 10
to make it funny...I will explain with an example... A man in the cab, Cab Driver asks, "where to go sir". Man says, "To Chennai". After some time,,, cab driver asks,"this left sir" Man says, "Yes Right(correct)...." Cab Driver turns left...
@mylosha (286)
• India
21 Jul 10
Hai mylotty, well miscommunication the word itself sufficient to give the solution that is understand mistakenly which could be happen around us every day and every situation in fact we cannot understand all the things or convey our feeling rightly to the other person here i put down my words from my own experience. When i was working in the private company i had to hang in call from one client at the same time my boss was calling over me here my mind cant manage the both communication while i responded to the boss i slip from the clients words and a while he hang up the call i confused what he has said.