Wednesday, March 02, 2005
firm handshakes
guys are supposed to have firm handshakes. the firmness signals across a man of action. don't ask me why, but in my head it always has. it's my theory.
we finally had our english negotiation today. it didn't start off with introductions and handshakes as we already knew one another. on my side i had another girl. our opponent was alone. his colleague for the negotiation was at the hospital being operated on for a fracture or broken bone or something. apparently he'd been kidding around with a mate, fighting.
the negotiation went quite well. overall i think we got most of our points through. there was one point though, our opponent wasn't willing to budge on. suddenly he didn't seem like the sweet guy that had asked me for my number the week before. who had thanked me upon recieving it. the guy who had left me feeling guilty for not thanking him for getting his number. suddenly he was this lean mean negotiating machine.
in the end we had to give up because our other points were more important to us.
the negotiation ended by us shaking hands. that's when i realised i had underestimated him. the firmness of the shake left me feeling that he had almost broken my hand.
theory strengthened.
fake time: 8:21 pm tuesday, march 01, 2005
we finally had our english negotiation today. it didn't start off with introductions and handshakes as we already knew one another. on my side i had another girl. our opponent was alone. his colleague for the negotiation was at the hospital being operated on for a fracture or broken bone or something. apparently he'd been kidding around with a mate, fighting.
the negotiation went quite well. overall i think we got most of our points through. there was one point though, our opponent wasn't willing to budge on. suddenly he didn't seem like the sweet guy that had asked me for my number the week before. who had thanked me upon recieving it. the guy who had left me feeling guilty for not thanking him for getting his number. suddenly he was this lean mean negotiating machine.
in the end we had to give up because our other points were more important to us.
the negotiation ended by us shaking hands. that's when i realised i had underestimated him. the firmness of the shake left me feeling that he had almost broken my hand.
theory strengthened.
fake time: 8:21 pm tuesday, march 01, 2005
