compromising
When you face another human, you are expressing your thoughts on your face. or psychically. Not sure. But they can get the gist of your opinion without one word yet said. Now you can do that with them too. So ok, how are you going to negotiate to get the outcome you want? You are here together for something, and you want something. What do they want? Ok, now that's the surface statement, but what do you *really* want? Like the neighbor who wants you to get off his case and you want the stream of noise and stink of garbage to cease. What could reward him for co-operating with your need, and what can you give to enable him to co-operate? I mean, yeah, sometimes you need to get a bigger hammer, ie call the cops. It could instead be a police officer doing an inspection and finding a minor flaw in your vehicle that you haven't been able to remedy. It could be a border guard deciding whether to search you. What's that person, not tha...