I’ve been ripped off enough by companies to only do exactly what I’m paid to do. That doesn’t mean that I’m not willing to help colleagues who have questions while I’m just about to disappear into the evening. It also doesn’t mean that I can’t talk to my colleagues about work-related issues, such as annoyances or anything else. As I said, I’m polite, friendly and helpful as long as it’s work-related. And I don’t do it because I hope to gain some kind of advantage from it, but because I want to be treated that way myself. The fact that nobody is forcing me to work at a specific job is true, but it misses the general point of the thread (and indeed of what I said). The fact is that people are people and therefore pretty much the same or at least similar everywhere - that’s the case in my line of work. And I have experienced countless times that colleagues are only too happy to share all the details of the past weekend with you, from family outings to binge drinking to adultery, but they don’t give a shit whether you had a good weekend yourself and dont even ask back. Most of them are not able to communicate at eye level at the absolute minimum and just constantly present themselves and expect some kind of recognition or admiration in return. And I’m supposed to share private things with people like that? For what? So that they can work with me more professionally? Or maybe just to make them feel better about themselves? I don’t care about that crap, let’s stick to what we came to work for. That’s called professionalism. Apart from that, it’s a mystery to me why you only consider colleagues to be halfway decent if they want to share private things with you. Maybe you should reconsider your expectations.
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Only those who have nothing else in their lives but work find this unfriendly. Work is not an event that I attend voluntarily, but to earn a living. I am polite, nice and helpful to my colleagues in everything that revolves around work. Anything beyond that is not a matter of course and should not be taken for granted.
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They make millions. Fuck them.
Yeah, I won’t help companies to save money they should give to their staff.
My ADHD brain does this. It runs wild, the moment I’m awake.
t_berium@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Why is the number of first-time US homebuyers at a generational low?14·11 days agoBecause those who make the rules don’t want you to own shit.
It all started again with the ‘I didn’t do that, how long have we got to apologize?!’ mindset.
Yes, but Spahn is the real danger (besides AfD, of course).
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t_berium@lemmy.worldto Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.world•‘I voted for none of this!’ Trump-voting comedian unleashes scathing rantEnglish10·14 days agoWhat subtext? It was clear what these assholes were about. And even if it wasn’t, they were warned a gazillion times by literally everybody else.
t_berium@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Iran fatwa fundraiser to kill Donald Trump raises over $40 million2·14 days agoI don’t think you are wrong. But I think an assassination would be the icing on the idiot cake.
t_berium@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Iran fatwa fundraiser to kill Donald Trump raises over $40 million71·14 days agoI understand what you mean. But think of Hitler. Obviously his agenda did not die with him. But imagine all the numbnuts if he was assasinated on the peak of his power.
I once had a GF who not only didn’t like Evil Dead, but she couldn’t understand why I loved it, no matter how many arguments I delivered. She didn’t have to agree with me, of course, but her refusal to even acknowledge my point of view was a real no-go. And the movie was just one example. What can I say? Overall, the relationship didn’t last long.
t_berium@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Iran fatwa fundraiser to kill Donald Trump raises over $40 million3112·14 days agoI don’t think making him a martyr would be a good idea. Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t shed a tear if he passed with the worst agony I can imagine. But making him a martyr would make his agenda immortal.
Yeah, but you will swallow everything you brushed off - even worse with morning mouth. That’s why I brush a second time and don’t rinse the second go.
Patriotism is the little sibling of nationalism, and the boundaries are fluid. I will never understand why people are proud of other people’s accomplishments and make them their own. Or is it because people were shat on somewhere else in the world than everyone else? Makes absolutely no sense.
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