Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
Hello, Good Morning and today I would like to talk about how, the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers has something to offer (almost) everyone, in the course of (almost) any day.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit A: this is a photo of my cell phone bill. actually it is the Sprint’s ‘Green’ Bill… (Sprint our motto: ‘we care about the environment, er…you might not want to hold that thing next to your brain too, too much, you know?‘) in any event they send the bill in one of those totally rogerian-designed, (the) envelope is also the return envelope, provided you follow the directions provided! which, Readers of the Doctrine know tells us which two personality types are going to be left out of this embrace-our-planet gesture! clarks and scotts yes ma’am!!
hey! we had a great Saturday Night Drive last night, with Denise and Cyndi and we got on the topic of telling between two types when there appears to be a mix of characteristics…. a person who seems introverted but is aggressive (at times)…we were looking at the best process to make a determination…and one of the things we agreed upon is that despite, how suggestive of one type a single attribute might be, it is best to remember ‘everyone does everything at one time or another’… which (in the case of the cell phone bill), means ‘how would a clark look at this frickin stupid envelope and what would be her likely reaction….what would a scott do with an envelope like the one in the photo…an envelope, we might add, that not only came with printed instructions but it made it abundantly clear that there was a specific sequence to the opening process… Step 1…then Step 2 and only then Step 3! The photo shows a highly likely outcome for 2 out of 3 of our favorite personality types!
…getting back to our discussion last night, while the outcome would be the same (see photo above)… how the individual got to the point of taking an exquisitely manufactured, near genius-level designed multi-use, highly efficient, envelope and reducing it to something that barely resembles an envelope (much-less an environmentally sound return mailing thingie), does in fact, help us infer if the person was a clark or a scott.
(you got the idea?… imagine what a scott would think/act/do …if frustrated by this envelope, (then) do the same with a clark…
a roger?, in this case, you don’t need to bother…but you get the idea.)
a roger?, in this case, you don’t need to bother…but you get the idea.)
the thing of it is, sometimes it’s helpful to turn the whole personality type thing around… forget if one style or characteristic behavior is clarklike or scottian or rogerian, instead observe how the person (that you are observing) seems to feel, what they are doing, how they are reasoning out their actions… are they simply acting… are they taking the whole matter very, very personally or do they appear to be trying to understand the thing they are doing… put yourself in their (head or heart or whatever…) that is what makes the Wakefield Doctrine the truly useful thing that it is
you know that thing about it could be a clark or a scott? here’s one of the Doctrine’s favorite bands… Halestorm ( yes! you’re right! she could be a clark or a scott…. roger? sorry, not overly likely… ya know what we mean?)
About clarkscottroger
Fun call-in last evening. After all the socializin’ I did yesterday, I’m STILL tired, lol.
You’re right, though…it’s all about analyzing the impetus behind and the motivation for the behavior. It’s also important to remember that people express all three types at one time or another…though my rogerian self, admittedly, gets set on the backburner like a burned pot of beans. HA!
Have a great Sunday! (Oh yeah…it’s Easter, huh? I should call my mom or something….)
@Cyndi
lol we are so not programmed with the proper Holiday-istic behavior, are we?
Too tired to even process right now and am in between family easter meals (brunch is over, but dinner still awaits!!). But just stopped by to say hi and tell you I love watching observe people and how they react to certain scenarios. Wonderful Sunday post and glad you had another great Sunday night call in. Happy Easter, too!! :)
@Janine
and I enjoy your Confessions blog as well, for a similar (in a metaphorical sense) yet, at the same time, very different experience (this blogosphere pretty damn amazing, non?)
The first time I got the bill this way, I didn’t read the envelope until I’d opened it wrong. The second time, I discovered they’d failed to make enough holes to easily tear off the bottom, and so I used the scissors. From that point on, the envelops were right and the process easy. Still, I’ve found that I can call them and avoid the process, as well as amount deducted from my checking account mistakes. So, I call them (various things and usually from my home phone just to confuse them) and forget the envelope. Save me from writing a check, too. Still trying to figure out if I’m getting old and lazy, or just allergic to writing with a pen. Good post, my friend!
@Rich
Yeah, what I don’t show is the envelope that I will be mailing back… I use tape, a lot of tape, lol we clarks have a certain aggressive, albeit frequently passively so, side and despite the possibility that my check and bill will never arrive, I will show them what I think of their stupid envelope!