Module 5
Module Opening Scenario — “But I Thought You Said…”
Module Opening Scenario — “But I Thought You Said…”
A supervisor tells an employee:
“Please prepare the customer orders before the afternoon delivery.”
The employee is unsure whether this means:
* pack every order * prepare only paid orders * print delivery labels * call customers first
But she does not ask.
She thinks:
“I don’t want them to think I don’t know my job.”
She prepares only three orders.
At 2 PM, the supervisor asks:
“Why are the remaining orders not ready?”
The employee replies:
“But that’s not what you told me.”
An argument begins.
Opening scenario
What would most likely have prevented the problem?
Remember
Pretending to understand is not the same as understanding.