Funny english !!

DS was lucky enough to be appointed for a training which suited  the upper echelon guys! It talked about how to be effective and that too by adopting Seven ways !!

Training beautifully explained that how work is divided in different phases in quadrants. DS was happy to learn that eventually he could officially support some time in Quadrant 4.

However impressive point about whole training was understanding the paradigm! And explain it too. Instructor referred to a particular paragraph which reads as following

A collegue of yours takes afternoon off and asks you to attend the meeting at his/her place.

And then asked DS, Would it be Withdrawing, neutral or deposit ?

Puzzled DS asked a question ! .. What're the circumstances and whats the  He -- He, He- She or She - She link here ?

Well, seems that was shocking for the Instructor who asked why would that even matter here ?

Hmm ... Different cultures have different meaning for the given situation and sentences So without knowing how can one reply ?

Instructor laughed for a minute on dumb DS  and so did everyone else. Within a minute it was clear to DS that what man meant was following :

A collegue of yours takes afternoon off and asks you to attend the meeting at his/her behalf.

Nonetheless, Instructor did explain the paradigm part and other habit which says Understand first than be understood !