Emotional- Rational

An emotional approach is almost never as effective as a rational approach. When a person lets their emotion get the best of them then they can over react. When a person is rational, they can approach the situation with an open mind and can handle the situation with the most control of the problem. Just recently I tapped Casey Young trying to get his attention and he came back swinging when I was just trying to be friendly. Casey turned hostile in one fraction of a second with rage and turned it loose on my right bicep. If Casey had taken the time to analyze what had just happened to him, then he would have known that I did not hit him hard and that I was just asking for his attention. I think that Casey thought that I was going to hurt him because on many occasions I do harass him , and since he knew that I do this often, he overreacted and was not able to stop the swinging of his fist as it propelled towards my arm. I was able to forgive him and was able to ask him what I needed to ask him. This is an example of when a rational approach is better and smarter than an emotional and instinctive reaction. Another example is when I took Klepzig's pencil and she did not know it. She soon realized her writing utensil was missing and kindly asked me if I had seen it. I gave her back the pencil because she was rational and civil towards me instead of being emotional and getting upset at me. I was happy to give up on my practical prank because of the approach she used towards getting it back. I think that Abigail's approach was much more effective than Casey because it got her the desired effect. If a situation were to approach me like this then I think I would probably be emotional because that is just who I am.