Enjoy! “I’ve chosen to find it charming.”
Enjoy! “I’ve chosen to find it charming.”
Either:
Pick one and I hope whatever you pick works for both of you. Agreement is easy, but teasing can be fun.
Let it bother you, then don’t let it ruin your day. People are delightful and strange. 🤷♂️
You are very wrong about that, but I still never fired me. 🤷♂️
The only person who won’t fire you is you.
Moreover, once you’re accustomed to thinking in these terms, it becomes safer to start with a boolean, because the refactoring path is clear: replace boolean with 2-value enumeration, then expand from there.
“Unsubscribe.”
This is not necessarily effective on its own, but it’s a way to find out what the situation is. It is a simple way to open the discussion about your lack of interest in what they have to say. Sometimes they just shut up.
Post a topic such as this in a discussion forum, then monitor the discussions that follow.
The mere fact that we’re answering your question provides sufficient context to clarify the group’s intentions, no?
Yes, but that’s why there is a sidebar.
That is hard. If the manager is likely to side with her, then that limits your options considerably. In that case, if you truly need this job, then put your head down, persist, and let this delightful woman be wrong.
“Sure.” And then don’t do it. Over and over.
I’m sorry that you’re dealing with this. It’s not you; it’s them. I suspect you’re wonderful and I’m sorry that your employer doesn’t recognize that.
Peace.
If she can report you for being 5 minutes late, what stops you from reporting her when she leaves early? I’m not criticizing you, but rather genuinely asking what’s in the way.
If “Go fuck yourself” is not your style or otherwise inadvisable, then another option is to start with “You will not call me that. You will call me by my name. Thank you.” Say this as calmly and evenly as you can. Keep saying it. Don’t let her rattle you into straying from this.
If she insists, then pick a name to call her and insist on it no matter how much she objects. I doubt I need to suggest such a name, but rather I trust you to engage your creativity.
Even so, I don’t have any objection to “go fuck yourself” if you think that wouldn’t put your job in jeopardy.
Good luck. Peace.
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You might be able to find people who accept you, even if the average Brit doesn’t. People have strange ideas about whom to hate and why.
It’s complicated and I can’t pretend to really understand your situation, but I trust that feeling pity for them works better for your mental health than any other reaction, including trying to ignore them. Whatever you do, don’t let yourself believe them.
Peace.
I can both understand and relate to being afraid of them. As you wrote, they do real damage and they seem intent on doing more and they seem to feel it’s their mission to do so. From what I can tell, they have been programmed to see the very concept of progressive thinking as evil. Fearing them seems sensible, because being aware of the threat makes it easier to defend against it or protect oneself from it.
But how exactly does it improve your life to hate them?
I haven’t used it on a project for money, but I have some tests in shunit2 and that alone encourages me to extract code to functions.