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Sure and guess what? You're still going to have to learn to deal with it. And all the people on here acting like "OMG, I would never act like that!" Yeah, you would and you did and you do. You don't go to work and be all nice to everyone. You probably were passive aggressive to some guy driving to work today or flipped someone off last week or gossiped about someone in the breakroom yesterday.
There is a different between repeated and constant harassment and the occasional unnecessary confrontation. For the break room analogy to work, I'd have call Jill a ***** or whatever everyday, anytime I see her.
I'm not advocating for kids being sheltered by their teachers or whatever. I just don't consider "tough it up" to be a meaningful statement. Saying that alone is no better than just saying "stop" to the bully. Something more will be needed. An example, most schools will suspend both students in a fight even if one was clearly only defending themselves. If I ran a school, I'd only suspend the one.
I can never figure out why so many people spend so much time there.
My GF and her family all fight with each other on Facebook and then don't talk to each other for months. Her and her two sisters even fight with their 73 year-old mother there. It's pure insanity.
Conversely, I have two sisters and a brother, and none of us have ever had a Facebook or Twitter account.
I can't imagine how some of the people here can have a Facebook and Twitter account.....and then have thousands of posts here too...
For the break room analogy to work, I'd have call Jill a ***** or whatever everyday, anytime I see her.
Except that would get you fired. So instead, adults -- and all adults -- know the work around to this. I can guarantee you that at your work you know people who hate each other and everyone knows it. And they hate each other in a way that doesn't get them fired.
Sure and guess what? You're still going to have to learn to deal with it. And all the people on here acting like "OMG, I would never act like that!" Yeah, you would and you did and you do. You don't go to work and be all nice to everyone. You probably were passive aggressive to some guy driving to work today or flipped someone off last week or gossiped about someone in the breakroom yesterday.
Sounds to me like you were a bully, and if your kids were bullies you would blame the victim for being weak. Your contempt for this girl is obvious, and you know nothing about the situation. The article didn't say how it happened or when it started. She could have been friends with these people at one point.
I go to work and "be all nice to everyone" on a daily basis. I don't work in big corporate office though, so I don't have a lot of coworkers, but I'm pretty sure I would be all nice there too. I'm not into drama, especially at work. And flipping off some driver is not comparable.
Sounds to me like you were a bully, and if your kids were bullies you would blame the victim for being weak. Your contempt for this girl is obvious, and you know nothing about the situation. The article didn't say how it happened or when it started. She could have been friends with these people at one point.
I go to work and "be all nice to everyone" on a daily basis. I don't work in big corporate office though, so I don't have a lot of coworkers. And flipping off some driver is not comparable.
Nope, never was a bully, lol. And I'm neither contemptuous nor supportive of this girl. You consider my lack of sympathy for her to be contempt when, in fact, it's just lack of sympathy.
Sure and guess what? You're still going to have to learn to deal with it. And all the people on here acting like "OMG, I would never act like that!" Yeah, you would and you did and you do. You don't go to work and be all nice to everyone. You probably were passive aggressive to some guy driving to work today or flipped someone off last week or gossiped about someone in the breakroom yesterday.
I realize this is probably going to be taken as a compliment - but Ann Coulter, is that you?
I never bullied anyone, I'm nice to everyone I work with and those I encounter, until they're not nice to me.
Just because some people have anger management issues doesn't mean everyone does. You want to believe everyone behaves badly, but you're wrong.
Except that would get you fired. So instead, adults -- and all adults -- know the work around to this. I can guarantee you that at your work you know people who hate each other and everyone knows it. And they hate each other in a way that doesn't get them fired.
We still aren't talking about just hatred or disliking each other. It's bigger than that. You're right about one thing though, if I called Jill a ***** every day all the time, I'd lose my job. My biggest issue is inaction. As I said, apathy is repugnant. When schools deal with bullying, it's usually more a symbolic gesture.
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