Hi,
I'm really confused over an interaction with someone yesterday, they asked me for something and I don't recall a specific part of the request being said, however when this was brought to my attention I responded with "Oh, sorry, I can't have heard you, I'll get it sorted" because genuinely I don't know if it was said and I didn't hear it, so wouldn't recall it, or it wasn't said - though at that point that bit wasn't important to me, just getting the issue sorted. That was all I said.
To which the other person went mad and repeated over and over that they'd said it, and more or less reacted like I had said they didn't say it - I absolutely didn't, but realised quickly that I was on to a loser here and just kept my mouth shut.
It's preyed on my mind because I'm not sure why somehow me saying "I didn't hear you" was interpreted as "You didn't say it" that wasn't what I said, or meant, the likely scenario is I didn't hear that part because there were lots of people talking and background noise, sometimes these things happen, not ideal but if I didn't hear, I didn't hear, I can understand the annoyance of the request not being fully delivered, just not the nastiness that followed and being accused of meaning something I absolutely didn't and certainly didn't say.
How would you have interpreted what I said? (Poll has limited characters but I hope you get the gist)