Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Vague Statement
This morning, I went grocery shopping and as I was going down the aisles, I heard over the intercom that someone’s silver car was parked in the loading zone and needed to be moved or else the manager would have to call the towing company to tow the car. The person who made the announcement gave no other detail of the car like the make, model, or even the license plate number. Immediately, I thought could this be my car because I too drive a silver car, however, I know for a fact that I did not park in the loading zone. About five minutes later, they made the announcement again, but they still didn’t mention any other details about the car. This announcement qualifies as a vague sentence because it gave no other information other than the car that needed to be moved was silver. It would have been more helpful and effective if they gave additional information such as the make, model, license plate, or anything else that would help distinguish the car.
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Your vague sentence was well written. I like how you detailed your example. It's ridiculous how most stores make their announcements vague. I experience a similar situation as well. The department store made an announcement saying, "If you an owner of a black Honda parked in lot a, there has been an accident, please come immediately," I think there were about eight to nine people rushing out of the store, thinking it was their car. There are many people who own black Honda's so it was apparently too vague. They wouldn't have caused such a big scene if they were more specific. I enjoyed reading your experience on how it happened and being able to relate to it!
ReplyDeleteHello there! I read your post, and I really like how you use that example in this Vague Statement post. The example was very well explained the concept of a vague claim. I think it is very funny because we now learn about this, but later on we will make vague claims again in conversations. Everyone makes vague statements on a daily basic. I think it is because people do not notice the details when they are paying attentions to other things. Maybe these situations would be better if we all learn how to think before we speak and be cleared in our words?
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