Non-Violent Communication in Barad-Dûr

[huinare]

It was inevitable that something like this brief satircal thingy would issue from my brain, but it didn’t seriously occur to me to post it until I noticed Pandemonium had recently had a birthday.

Happy-somewhat-belated-birthday, Pandë!

Comments

[pandemonium_213]

OMG! That is fantastic! You have nailed the technique of "non-threatening communication" perfectly. Perfectly.

In my past life as a middle-management Nazgûl, I spent a goodly amount of time in management training to learn to communicate to my minions direct reports Just. As. You. Have. Written. So it's funny 'cos it's true, including the hot poker part. Our vice-Saurons managed to find some way of tormenting us directors, which likewise were cascaded to our minions, er, direct reports. Yeah!

However, I do have a criticism. Sauron needed a white board with Post-It notes based on Gollum's natterings for brainstorming. ;^)

Thanks a million! I love this!

[huinare]

Yay, glad you enjoyed it! Funny that it intersected with your former line of Nazgûlship; my encounters with various types of 'non-threatening' communication come from weird stints in my life where I was around quite a few communitarians, anarchists, and, more recently, religious ultra-liberals.

Ooh, the white board and post-its. From my experience with this sort of method, an easel and different colored markers are also in order. I'd like to think he got right on that after escorting Gollum out. =D

[hhimring]

Poor Gollum! A couple of centuries hiding alone in a cave are probably not the best preparation for this sort of thing...

[nico1908]

Thank you so much for this! I needed a good chuckle this morning!

[huinare]

Glad to help. X)