[Bernie]

It has been a while since I've both thought of a poll question and been in front of my computer at the same time.

[teflon]

It's not worth explaining since everyone should really understand what you mean by it.
Case in point, you're facing someone, and you say turn left, so they turn left, but you meant left from your point of view. There's several options to what you can say next:
"Sorry, I meant right."
"No, the other left!" and
"Argh! the other way!"
are probably the three most common, but really it's just because of phrasing and articulating your instruction of a direction whilst imagining yourself to be in a different space and orientation to the one you're in.

So basically, you're the stupid one for having said the wrong thing in the first place. Always try to give directions from their point of view as opposed to yours to alleviate any confusion.

[jgwdoc]

I went through this with one of my kids, who seemed to require 14 or 15 years to truly distinguish left from right. Gentle teasing was part of the pedagogic strategy and seemed to (eventually) work.

[the Battle Cat]

It's only worth explaining it one way, the way they will remember it when the popsnizzle is flying. Reference 7:00. Not safe for work by the way, unless you work in a barracks.

[Frost]

the Battle Cat, on November 20th 2009, 08:04 PM, said:

It's only worth explaining it one way, the way they will remember it when the popsnizzle is flying. Reference 7:00. Not safe for work by the way, unless you work in a barracks.

If someone doesn't know which left, you should show them your WAR FACE until they unfire truck themselves, or else you need to unscrew their heads and popsnizzle down their necks!

[Rev-O]

I voted "other" because Left seems to be a fairly vague and ambiguous term. Sadly, North, East, South, West, Up, Down, Yes, No, Hell No, Absolutely not, and Firetrucking No You Firetrucking Idiot seem to be fairly vague and ambiguous terms. At least with the people I deal with.

[Bernie]

teflon, on November 20th 2009, 02:45 PM, said:

It's not worth explaining since everyone should really understand what you mean by it.
Case in point, you're facing someone, and you say turn left, so they turn left, but you meant left from your point of view. There's several options to what you can say next:
"Sorry, I meant right."
"No, the other left!" and
"Argh! the other way!"
are probably the three most common, but really it's just because of phrasing and articulating your instruction of a direction whilst imagining yourself to be in a different space and orientation to the one you're in.

So basically, you're the stupid one for having said the wrong thing in the first place. Always try to give directions from their point of view as opposed to yours to alleviate any confusion.

I did mean that you said it from their point of view. Example: You're in the car and tell the driver, "Turn left at the next intersection." Then the driver gets in the right turn lane. "Your other left."

[teflon]

Ah, well then it's their fault, and it's a situation where they can't possibly get it wrong outside of being a total r-tard.
I always rip it out of direction illiterate people. The ones who have to make an L with their left hand to figure out that that is left.
Just clip them round the ear and point.

[charmin]

teflon, on November 21st 2009, 01:46 PM, said:

Ah, well then it's their fault, and it's a situation where they can't possibly get it wrong outside of being a total r-tard.

You must mean an L-tard.

[Bernie]

teflon, on November 21st 2009, 07:46 AM, said:

The ones who have to make an L with their left hand to figure out that that is left.

If you make an L with your left hand (with your palm facing away from you), your thumb is pointing to the right, not left. No wonder you think most people are idiots.