Boss scolds hardworking employee for leaving work 1 minute before the workday ends, even though she comes in early every day

How much extra work is she going to get done in one minute? Every office has its own etiquette for when employees should arrive and when they should leave. Generally speaking, if you’re working a salaried, white-collar job, you’re going to be afforded a bit more wiggle room regarding when you can leave the office. …
Seguir leyendo Boss scolds hardworking employee for leaving work 1 minute before the workday ends, even though she comes in early every day

Boss scolds 29-year-old employee for being too direct in emails: ‘The emails were literally things like: “Hi, can you send the updated file when you get a chance?”’

The workplace has gotten so casual that normal communication is perceived as a slight against your incredibly sensitive coworkers.  Have you ever been told it’s better to err on the side of sounding too professional in workplace communication? I’ve been told that, especially when you’re in your first couple of months working at a new …
Seguir leyendo Boss scolds 29-year-old employee for being too direct in emails: ‘The emails were literally things like: “Hi, can you send the updated file when you get a chance?”’

Mom cuts off childfree friend after she scolds her for letting her 20-month-old touch her bowl: ‘She found it really unacceptable that my baby was touching her things.’

If she thinks that a toddler isn’t going to grab things that don’t belong to them, she’s in for an awakening when she becomes a parent.  It’s not always easy to maintain friendships with people who are at a completely different stage of life than you. There’s a huge difference between a 32-year-old who is …
Seguir leyendo Mom cuts off childfree friend after she scolds her for letting her 20-month-old touch her bowl: ‘She found it really unacceptable that my baby was touching her things.’

Parents scold 15 and 19-year-old kids for only getting 2 tubs of ice cream for family ice cream night: ‘My mom calls me selfish because apparently getting 2 tubs meant that I only wanted me and my brother to eat and have them just watch.’

They turned what was supposed to be a fun night into a nightmare for everybody.  It’s no fun to be in a situation where you feel like you can do nothing right. You always commit some slight transgression that enrages someone who can’t regulate their emotions, and it ruins all the fun. Have you ever …
Seguir leyendo Parents scold 15 and 19-year-old kids for only getting 2 tubs of ice cream for family ice cream night: ‘My mom calls me selfish because apparently getting 2 tubs meant that I only wanted me and my brother to eat and have them just watch.’

Mom scolds other mom for sharing water bill with teenage kids to stop them taking long showers: ‘I don’t see showing them as a bad thing’

Unfortunately, mom-shaming is one of those things that doesn’t have an expiry date. Any parent who thought that it ended with how you feed them as a baby or how much screen time they get when they’re little kids is likely to be rudely awakened in the teenage years, when a whole host of other …
Seguir leyendo Mom scolds other mom for sharing water bill with teenage kids to stop them taking long showers: ‘I don’t see showing them as a bad thing’