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From time to time one can get the feeling that a miscommunication has taken place and guess that this is because of the host of assumptions made by others. As a consequence Pete Tong will soon be at the decks.

Imagine a conversation between two people.

If only one of them thinks miscommunication has taken place can they both be correct?

It is quite common for people to get the wrong end of the stick but be convinced otherwise.

I have had a recent instance where someone stated something and then put a chain of action in place without checking if it is what I want to do. They have assumed that I want such a thing, that I will be compliant. They did not ask me nor check. They just went ahead.

There have been a number of disconnects in communication between me and French people. There is an anticipation of a kind of response from me which when it does not arrive is difficult for them to assimilate {it seems to me}. If someone makes a statement I do not feel the urge to correct them. I am not in the habit of discussing things with which I do not agree. I do not need to be right. I tend to note the statement and my interaction can stop there.

This kind of miscommunication thing is quite common when group-think imagines an individual aligned to group-think because everybody else is. It also a common happenstance for the type of people one can recognise as “clever Trevor”. Because they self-perceive as wise they imagine others to be fully on board. Rarely do they check. They imagine that one is one of the ducks in a row when in fact one is a mongoose. Because they like ducks and are accustomed to them, they imagine that everyone is a duck.

I am not known for quacking though I might be crackers, a crackpot and otherwise a lunatic…

I hear Pete Tong making his way to the stage…