This post has been brewing for a couple of years. It's not about any one of the many causes worth fighting for, it's not about or aimed at any one person, it hasn't been spurred on by any one event.
Abuse and accusations are not how you win people over to your way of thinking. Keeping your allies on the back-foot because you think they should
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Or like trying to tell the bosses again and again, that saying thank you to your staff for doing a good job was important, and getting the reply, "They get thanked every pay-day with a pay packet."
No, the pay packet is a legal and contractual obligation. Saying please and thank you to your staff is a social one.
Actually, the whole general kerfuffle that I'm reacting to smacks of, "See how easy it is?" syndrome. Someone is capable either through natural ability or years of experience, to do something quickly and accurately. And every time they are dealing with someone relatively new, or who has a different skill set, they keep harping at them and making the point that the task is incredibly easy, inferring that the person is either stupid, untalented, lazy, or all three.
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This left me feeling stupid because it wasn't obvious to me.
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My family has a rough sense of humour, and one element of that is you tease the people you love. Over the years my dad made many, many harsh comments that were water off a duck's back to me. But one of the most silly and innocent, "You look like a bloody monkey when you whistle," said to me when I was about ten, cut me to the quick. I still have an internal flinch and am incredibly self-conscious every time I decide to whistle.
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Although, um, I think you might be mistaken by classifying this as a rant.
Far too much logic, content, and good examples for it to be a rant. :)
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