Often I see the passenger just keep quiet, sometimes sleeping and driver is driving alone going through massive traffic condition in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.

They can be a couple, parent and child or friends.

If only the passenger is tired and fell asleep or not in a good mood due to a bad day in office, that is okay.

Would not it will be better if both start a conversation during a long, pressurized, bored journey to their destination?

Let me list down the positive points:

• Both get to know each other more and well
• Kill the boredom and in-car awkward silent moment
• Improve relationship quality (boyfriend & girlfriend, husband & wife, parent and child, friends, BFFs, domestic, partners)
• Healthy conversation or argument (sort it out in limited space and time to avoid prolong issue)
• Prevent driver to fall asleep after a tiring day in a massive traffic congestion

Some negative points:

• When a conversation gone wrong, raise of tone and volume in a confined space within a vehicle which can cause ear bleeding, deafness, and death
• When no conversation going on, driver is tired after spent all the energy for better productivity during work, therefore, will fall asleep while driving, crash onto other cars, barrier, jump off the bridge, crash and die. And therefore, killing the passenger too.
• Discussion went bad, passenger got down the car and ran away, got adopted by alien, mat rempit, got robbed, raped, killed. News headline publish next day. Epic.

Seems like a positive action to have a conversation in a vehicle during a journey to your destination.

Do you?

Participant: This function is not included in the system, right?

Presenter: Yes, you are right.

Presenter carries on with presentation.

Participant: Excuse me, earlier you mentioned that this function will be in the system.

Presenter: Which function?

Participant: Earlier I asked about the function in the system.

Presenter: Yes, I did reply to your question.

Participant: You said the function will be in the system.

Presenter: No, I did not.

Participant: But earlier you did reply yes?

Presenter: You were asking me the question ending with a “right”, so I replied your question by agrees with your statement. Yes, you are right. I don’t mean yes to the function is included in the system.

Participant: Sorry.

The whole meeting room had an awkward moment of silent.

Moral of the story, ask your question clearly and listen for the answer carefully, don’t just listen to the first part and make your own assumptions for the remaining of the answer.