BE CLINICAL WITH WHAT YOU SAY

Be clinical in your response. You don’t have to be disrespectful to get your point across. Earlier this summer, I spoke to someone on the sidewalk before he ran into the street to stand before a police car to ask for some key. I stood there in despair, trusting that no one would get hurt since he was shouting. As the squad car reversed, he got closer. After the incident, he returned to a group of cheerleaders that appeared out of the blue. I gave him the screensaver face, or as Lady Gaga puts it: “The Poker Face.” He asked what I thought about his deed. I had to give him a clinical response to get my point across, or else he wouldn’t care because he is someone who lives on the intellectual plane. I told him that his behavior was selfish and he had no regard for people who loved him. He put his life at risk without thinking about those who need his sound advice. There are some people you can tell that they are wrong, and they take heed, but there are some you have to give a clinical response to show the danger surrounding their actions.