Sometimes dealing with people can be as difficult as herding cats. It isn't because they are particularly quick, take that anyway you want, or that they are independent, it's that they just don't make any sense. I am very good at seeing both sides of a situation. I can generally tell what is driving someone or prompting them to think a certain way but there are other times where I don't have a clue where they are coming from or why?
There is a gentleman who lives about a quarter of a mile from the school who is convinced that our wifi is messing up his TV antenna. Why does he think this? He says he talked to an engineer from a local tv station that told him it was a wifi problem and he narrowed it down to us as the culprit. It doesn't matter that I talked to the same people, the FCC, other stations and consulted the internet where I learned that it isn't possible. Nothing I say to him will convince him that he is wrong. Every time I talk to him, if I point out where his facts don't add up he changes the facts to meet his data. He won't let me see his TV or even come in his house because he and his wife are very private people. I have concocted many scenarios to explain this but I won't share those here. I do imagine he is sitting in his chair wearing an aluminum foil hat, trying to get messages from the TV.
I love a good intelligent debate, the exchange of ideas and banter. I want to know the other side of the story and I am never opposed to changing my views if I can be shown where I am wrong. I don't enjoy arguing or getting into a discussion with someone who won't entertain alternate view points. That to me is like banging your head against a brick wall. You can't accomplish anything because there will be no change when you are done. I don't mind if the person I am talking to still doesn't agree with me when we finish or if I still have my same views, I just want to know that we now understand each other and can appreciate the others view point.
I know I am rambling but that is because I haven't anything of substance to say.
