I will admit that I have made false attributions. I believe
that every does at one point or another. The last time was actually just this
week. I had made plans with friends for Halloween on this past Sunday and I had
thought that everything was still set. I was texting my friend that morning
about other things besides our plans for the evening. She hadn’t said anything
about them to be either so I assumed that it was still going on. Turns out they
bailed and we made other plans instead. Later that night after they found out
that we were upset with them for bailing they tried to play it off that they
couldn’t get ahold of us which wasn’t the case.
This made the conflict worse, but in the end I just blew it off instead
of being mad about it. I think that I
have made accurate attributions before that have ended up helping me. The last time I believe I did this was when I
had work, and wanted to go to a concert instead and didn’t no how to cancel on
babysitting. The family has been flakey at times and I had a feeling that they
were going to end up canceling anyways and I wouldn’t have to be the one to do
it. It was down to about an hour before I needed to leave and I still hadn’t
heard anything from them, so I figured I might as well just get ready for the
concert and hope for the best. Then after I was done getting ready, sure enough
they called and canceled on me. So I went to the concert instead. This accurate
attribution might not be a typical one, but it made it so that I ended up being
able to have fun instead of looking like the bad guy and canceling on work.
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