Cup number 9...or 1

A person's perspective is their reality whether it's right or wrong; if they *see it a particular way, then that's what it is.* I think that results in misperceptions and misunderstandings a lot of the time mainly because people accept their initial perception and fail to remain open to the fact that what they initially perceived may indeed not be true...or maybe it's laziness in that they can't be bothered finding out the truth. *** *** I had nine cups of coffee on Friday between the hours of 5am and midnight...although, one of them took me through until just after midnight to drink... about a half hour ago, so that's Saturday. Did I have nine or was the eighth cup my last for the day and the ninth actually the *first cup on Saturday?* It all comes down to perception I guess. Ok, that's not a great example really, but earlier in the day a person had completely misread a situation and their perception of what they saw was very far from the reality. Of course, they reacted to their perception and things went south from there causing me a lot of complexity and additional workload. Annoying. In this case it was down to laziness on the part of that other person and I think they'll not do it again in a hurry. It happens though; we're only human, but when did people lose the ability to investigate a situation and change perception if and when required? Have we been trained/brainwashed to see what we see and simply just accept it? I think that's what governments, marketers and social media companies promote, that's for sure. Anyway, have you ever got it wrong? Has your incorrect perception of a situation or person caused you problems or have you been the victim of such a misperception? Tell me about it below.