OFF THE RECORD

OFF THE RECORD

I believe when you are settling an issue between brethren, to have closure, to have reconciliation, it must be between you and the other one ALONE.  In that case it is OFF THE RECORD.

But when you are declaring the truths of God's Word
When you are in a business meeting
When you are in a deposition
When you want to establish what is your firm position on the matter
Then all your statements should be PUT ON RECORD
Otherwise it might be misrepresented later on

My wife and I were having a conversation about the recent requirement to register the identities of all users of mobile phones.
We can not put new credits on our STC SAWA SIM cards.
And we just recently bought a S.R. 50 load.
So we rushed to the STC office and submitted my IQAMA to have the SIM identified under my name.
After one day, I still couldn't put new credits.
So when she used the phone I told her, there is no CREDIT YET on the phone.  Her reaction indicated that she understood the statement as,  "THERE CAN NO LONGER BE ANY CREDIT" on the phone.  And that is why she said, "we just wasted S.R. 50, oh my."
So I repeated my first statement and compared it to her reaction, and then she understood.
My statement was OFF THE RECORD, but the good thing is she remembered what I said and that is the same as being ON RECORD.

Records are important because people tend to forget, or to put a new bias on what you said.
So for your own good and mine, let's put things ON RECORD