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Wouldn't you say it's part of the process of growing up? We all have to navigate this world, and part of it is learning to get along with others, even if we don't particularly like them.
Wouldn't you say it's part of the process of growing up? We all have to navigate this world, and part of it is learning to get along with others, even if we don't particularly like them.
Bingo!
Almost daily I interact with people I don't personally like, but I remain polite and civil. Adulting is hard.
I'm working on a long project, one a friend of mine brought to me. Unfortunately, there's another guy on the project who is not just useless. He's worth than useless. He contributes nothing, but wants to crap on what everybody does. He's always late to the meetings, if he attends at all, but he has the ear of the ultimate client. So this thing has been going on since September.
But I'm nice to this guy. Why? Because my friend has to do business with him and just blowing up will ruin the arrangement.
So now, I've found a way to get funding for the project, which needs several hundred thousand to move ahead. If that happens, I'm in the catbird seat and I can relegate this idiot to doing things such as running out to get coffee and doughnuts during the meetings.
Like putting up with DH's fundamentalist Christian Seventh Day Adventist relatives for 30 years, until he eventually stopped speaking to them himself? Pretend to be interested in Bible study? Get down on your knees morning and night for a 5 minute prayer? Attend church with them, and pretend to listen? Get dragged to day-long "End Times" seminars?
You smile and be polite. And carry vodka in a water bottle.
My diL has an aunt that makes the wicked witch seem like mother Theresa.
Each time there is a combined family event,in she strolls..With cold air to follow.
I try to compliment her and often get a jeer. I usually leave her to her attitude. She cast off an arrogance that is disturbing. She insults thru being indifferent to folks. We could all be dying and she'd gripe about how it's inconvenient.
And yes....When it comes to work....Best to feign courtesy ...It keeps things tolerable.
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