mystic-macaroni

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Cake day: June 5th, 2023

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  • Making small talk, humor, lying, empathy all work, but here I would suggest blaming something that mutually fucks you over. In this case insurance companies. And learn to lie in ways they couldn’t verify, and never offer unnecessary information that would fuck you over. (I.e. DO NOT mention the doctors)

    So I would say something like “this is supposed to be a routine procedure, but insuranc3 needs to verify it is necessary. My grandma died from shit like that. Fuck them. I’m going to do everything I can to help you <insert name>”

    ALWAYS learn people’s names. Fuck you if you “are bad at learning names” you are just lazy. Try until you can do it, even if you have to ask more than once. People actually appreciate it. Here, it personalizes the bullshit you are slinging and gets the person to believe you









  • Before reading. If you have to ask, the answer is yes

    Edit: My answer is still yes. Based on your title I thought you didn’t work for the manager (a manager vs. my manager)

    You respect them, you feel as though you disrespected them, and you want to maintain their respect. Apologize. Simple as that.

    Where you need to be careful is the transactional nature of the apology. I.e. Maybe if you apologize then you can tell her what she did to piss you off. That’s a bad play in any relationship.

    You need to think about what that thing is and how it effects the way you do your job. Nuts and bolts. If it’s something that improves the quality and efficiency of your work. Bring it up in a meeting. Otherwise, you aren’t the boss. Suck it up and deal with it.

    P.S. We aren’t anti management. We are anti abuse. Based on your description, thid isn’t an abusive relationship.