Misundertand me

Today in class we talked about how people can misunderstand you or how you can misunderstand other people. People mentioned how they can be misunderstood by their looks, race, or who they are friends with. Sometimes I feel like I can be misunderstood by my sarcasm. I used to be extremely sarcastic because in my family, everyone uses sarcasm therefore I naturally became immune to it. Soon my sarcasm started to affect people in a negative way and I was approached by my good friend about how some people didn’t know if I was being serious or not with my sarcastic humor. Since then I try only being sarcastic around close friends and family and if I choose to use sarcasm with a new friend, I’ll make sure to say “I’m just kidding” at the end. I also feel misunderstood at work sometimes. For example, I am a professional makeup artist for MAC Cosmetics and there is a reputation for MAC girls to be extremely intimidating and snobby. I do not see myself as intimidating or snobby, if anything I am there to teach people how to do makeup in the most effective way and educate them about our products in the nicest way possible. I would feel hurt if people felt they couldn’t approach me because I feel like I am a nice and helpful person. I also mentioned that sometimes I feel misunderstood by my texts. Lately in the texting World, if someone writes the punctuation mark of a period after a text it can insinuate that the person who sent the text is feeling upset. The texting world can easily make people misunderstand each other which can be extremely dangerous and potentially damage relationships. I truly believe that people take things in the way they want to which means that people will make meaning of messages the way they choose to; you cannot make perfect sense to every single person but further communication will always bring clarity.