Conversational Dilemmas

          Before reading this article I knew much about the topic due to the fact that everyone has experienced a conversation dilemma before. I would like to know a way on possibly avoiding a conversational dilemma, and if not, then find ways to prevent it from happening. A few things that I learned from the article are that there area six categories of responses to conversational dilemmas. Such responses are: direct responses, indirect responses, deception, impression management, pleasing the other, and soliciting the others help. In the case study of ethics, "Cell Phone Subterfuge", I believe that it is ethical to stage fake phone calls. Majority of the time, staging a phone call is extremely useful, especially when one is in a dangerous situation.