points by brightball 3 days ago | 0 comments
It takes less than that.
“I’m not going to do that. Moving on.”
[–] buuyytp 3 days ago
[–] kelnos 3 days ago
> I don't understand this compulsion to make either party into some villain.
If someone replies as the GP suggested, they will be villainized by some subset of the people who hear that reply. In a professional setting, that could involve a visit from HR and/or be a career-limiting move, depending on the company culture.
It doesn't matter if you understand it or not. It happens, and that's what matters.
[–] brightball 1 day ago
It does happen. There’s just enough people who have realized the negative side effects of going along with it that fewer and fewer people are willing to.
Everyone is out here thinking I'm policing, correcting, eradicating, or some other verbing. When really I'm asking you to inconvenience yourself to stop inconveniencing me.
You are well within your rights to be like, "no". I don't understand this compulsion to make either party into some villain.