Kāore i te ōrite te hanga o ngā mekameka kī katoa mō ngā koha whakatairanga—ko te whiriwhiri i te mea tika ko te whakarite ki tō waitohu me tō hunga whakarongo. Tīmata mā te whakaaro ki tō rōpū ūnga: Mena kei te hokohoko koe ki ngā ākonga, ka pārekareka te mekameka kī kiriaku kanapa, ngahau me te hoahoa rerekē (pēnei i te peke tuara iti, i te kapu kawhe rānei). Mō ngā kiritaki umanga, he ahua ngaio ake te ahua o te mekameka kī hiako kua orohia, whakarewa rānei me ngā tohu whakairo, e rite ana ki tō rātou momo huatau. Muri iho, herea ki tō whāinga hokohoko: Mena kei te whakarewa koe i tētahi hua hou, tāpirihia he āhua ataahua o te hua (hei tauira, he waea iti mō tētahi waitohu waea atamai) ki te mekameka kī. Mena kei te utu koe i ngā kiritaki pono, whiriwhiria ngā rauemi pakari (pēnei i te maitai kore waikura) e tohu ana "e mihi ana mātou ki a koe." Hei whakamutunga, kaua e wareware ki ngā taipitopito—he ahua pakupaku o te tae o tō waitohu, he tohu whakairo hei utu mō te tānga iti, he tassel iti rānei ka taea te huri i tētahi mekameka kī taketake hei mea e hiahia ana te tangata kia puritia. Ko te koha whakatairanga pai rawa atu mō ngā mekameka kī kāore e rite ki te "mea kore utu"—he rite ki te tohu whakaaro nui e whakaata ana i te manaaki o tō waitohu.

Ka tiaho te mekameka matua o te koha whakatairanga ina whakauruhia ki roto i ngā kaupapa auaha, arotahi ki te hunga whakarongo - kaua e tukuna noa. Mō ngā whakaaturanga hokohoko, ngā huihuinga rānei, whakamahia hei "utu mō te whai wāhi": Ko ngā tāngata e toro atu ana ki tō tūru, e haina ana mō tētahi pānui, e whakaatu ana rānei i tō hua ka whiwhi i tētahi mekameka matua. Ka akiaki tēnei i ngā taunekeneke whai tikanga, kaua e tuku noa i te whakapehapeha ki te tangata e hikoi ana. Mō ngā kaupapa pono o te kiritaki, tukuna ngā mekameka matua motuhake hei "whakawhetai" mō ngā hoko anō - hei tauira, ka taea e tētahi wharekai te hoatu he mekameka matua waitohu ki ngā kiritaki e hoko ana i te 10 inu, ka huri i ngā tāngata auau hei kaiwhakatairanga hikoi. Ka taea hoki e koe te hono atu i a rātou ki ngā kaupapa wā, wā-iti rānei: Ka taea e tētahi toa hokohoko te hanga i tētahi mekameka matua kaupapa hararei (pēnei i te pouaka hukarere iti, i te pouaka koha rānei) mō ngā kaihoko Kirihimete, ka taea rānei e tētahi poari tūruhi te hoahoa i tētahi e whakaatu ana i ngā tohu whenua o te rohe (pēnei i te Pourewa Eiffel iti mō Parī) hei kukume i ngā kaihaerere. Ahakoa ngā paahitanga iti - pēnei i te hono i te mekameka matua me tētahi tuhipoka ā-ringa - ka nui ake te whaiaro o te mekameka matua o te koha whakatairanga, ka whakapakari i te hononga i waenga i tō waitohu me te hunga whakarongo.