Words

CPP: Why are you laughing so hard? 

CP: Words. 

CPP: The building blocks of communication?

CP: How the wrong word at the right moment is hysterical.

CPP: Puns and double-entendres, and innuendo, oh my?

CP: Precisely. Some words cannot be interchanged in all situations. 

CPP: Like all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares?

CP: Yes. And how, sometimes, NOT saying anything to acknowledge the error allows the situation to build. Allow me to revisit my recent conversation. 

 

CP: Happy Friday! How may I help you?

Nurse On Phone Explaining: I was calling to check if you received an e-script we sent for our patient. 

CP: I know she called earlier and we had not received it. 

NOPE: Well it looks like the provider sent it, but it got rejected. 

CP: Bummer. I guess that explains it. Do you wish to resend?

NOPE: She left the office already. 

CP: Oh. 

NOPE: Can I give it to you orally?

CP: <crickets>

NOPE: <crickets>

CP: uhm

NOPE: VERBALLY! VERBALLY! Can I give it to you VERBALLY?

CP: That's probably a better idea. A lot easier, faster, and with fewer permissions required. 

NOPE: <laughs maniacally> Now I'm embarrassed.

CP: Happy Friday!

NOPE: Thanks. You too.

CPP: Orally: "by means of or through the mouth"

         Verbally: "by means of words; spoken"

CP: Some words when spoken, can't be taken back.