Once I had gone to visit a friend in the next town which is along a major highway and stretched about km. He asked me to a light at the second bus stop in the town. When the bus I took got closer to the town, I informed the bus conductor where I will alight. He gave a node amidst a loud music from the stereo in the bus. About an hour later, I called the conductor to find out if we had reached the second bus stop. He immediately asked the driver to stop for me to alight after apologizing to me.
He said e never heard the request I made earlier therefore we had passed the second bus stop about half an hour ago. I had to get down at that point and find away to my friend’s house. Unfortunately the ‘second bus stop’ my friend meant was at the eastern side of the town, which was close to my town. Unfortunately I entered the town through the western side since I was coming from a trip in the western part of the country. This was explain to me by a Taxi driver who drove me for additional 2 hours to the right “Second bus top” to meet my friend who had waited all day.
Apart from the loud music from the stereo, the bus was overloaded therefore noise was In the car. After analyzing my experience there are some points I found which could be barrier for healthy communication and analysis of which are needed before coming up with ways to eliminate or minimize them. These barriers may be classified as follows – 1. Environmental Barriers – This Is similar to physical noise, and could be In the form of disturbing sounds, an overcrowded bus, poor services and acoustics, all f which may hamper the ability to pay attention to and understand the message.
When I made a request to alight, the conductor did not hear me because of the loud noise from the stereo and how congested the bus was. This barrier can be eliminated by bringing down the volume of the stereo In the bus to the tolerable level to facilitate healthy communication between conductor, driver and passengers. Secondly overloading can be avoided In buses to prevent distraction and create a serene atmosphere where one can freely commune with one another. 2.
Individual Barriers – A major barrier to Interpersonal communication Is a tendency to Judge, evaluates, approve or disapprove of the views of another person. This happens particularly In situations where we have strong feelings about something. In such cases, we tend to block out the communication and form our own viewpoints. When I Inform my friend about vaulting him, he Immediately assumed I will be coming through the eastern entrance of the town. Secondly when the conductor nodded I concluded It was a sign of having had my request to alight.
This barrier can be eliminated If we can take objective Instead of subjective stand when communicating with people. We can do this by asking few dilation or open-end questions and allow people to express themselves and also listen to them rather than Interrupt their speech or complete sentences for them for example. Feedback can also help to confirm If those we are communicating with actually got our Intended meanings attached to the message. Business Com By banana Q. L Describe Any Situation In Your Experience Where The Communication Went Wrong.
Analyze The Situation By Pointing Out The Type Of Barrier To Communication from the loud music from the stereo, the bus was overloaded therefore noise was in follows – 1. Environmental Barriers – This is similar to physical noise, and could be in by bringing down the volume of the stereo in the bus to the tolerable level to Secondly overloading can be avoided in buses to prevent distraction and create a Barriers – A major barrier to interpersonal communication is a tendency to Judge, articulacy in situations where we have strong feelings about something.
In such inform my friend about visiting him, he immediately assumed I will be coming concluded it was a sign of having had my request to alight. This barrier can be eliminated if we can take objective instead of subjective stand when communicating with people. We can do this by asking few additional or open-end questions and allow people to express themselves and also listen to them rather than interrupt confirm if those we are communicating with actually got our intended meanings
