Deictic soap opera

“Bring” and “take” are common deictic options built around who the speaker thinks is the centre of the universe at that moment.

Bring means toward the speaker or the speaker’s location. Take means away from the speaker or the speaker’s location.

People mix them up because they lose track of whose perspective the sentence is anchored to, ie they have no idea where they are.

“Can you bring this to 7 bedroom” slips out even though the speaker is standing in the kitchen and will not be in the bedroom any time soon.