ROAD_DOGG33J
I would say the same for me, and I'm also terrible at speeches. I should just learn sign language and pretend I can't talk.
Actually, the funny thing is that even though I have that problem, I’m actually pretty good at doing speeches. I can do a great speech if one of two things happen: I either 1) Practice and rehearse like crazy, or 2) I learn the topic so thoroughly that I can wing it. I usually do the former, but I did the latter with a final that I did in genetics – you see, I
love genetics, so it was easy for me to wing a speech right there, without even going through it once.
What catches me is dealing with people on a one-on-one basis – specifically, people whom I don’t talk to on a daily basis. For example, I met
danoff in person about a year ago, and I was much more quiet than I had planned to be, and didn’t really get to say some things I wanted to say. I talk to him all the time here at GTP, but I had never talked to him in person before, so all my thoughts kinda ran together and caused my mouth to keep shut most of the time.
Same goes with my job at Sears – I’m a cashier, and I’m supposed to pitch credit apps to every customer. However, while I’m doing the transaction, I’m thinking about precisely how I want to make the pitch to the customer, and by the time I finish thinking about it, the transaction’s done with, and I’d feel like a boob asking them after I’ve already bagged their merchandise and given them their receipt. So I end up selling no credit apps. Which, you know, makes me a little more popular amongst the customers, but less so to my manager.
Although once I get past that I have a very good sense of humour. I'm pretty placid, so I won't just randomly attck people because they are p**sing me off
