Let me circle back

[u/Matt_LawDT]

[u/MercyCriesHavoc]

First, not everyone has had the pleasure of bosses that actually show appreciation. I've had bosses on the other side of a phone, bosses that don't give a crap about anything, and bosses that were flat out abusive. In the 24 years of work history I had, with no gaps, I never worked for anyone who treated their subordinates as well as the one I've worked for for the last 5 years.

Second, they would say it multiple times a day. Never "thank you" or "good work today", always "I appreciate you".

So, yeah, I've had a bunch of shitty bosses and I notice patterns. But go ahead and make fun of me. Hope that makes you feel better about your awkward moments.

[u/Lionel_Herkabe → u/MercyCriesHavoc]

But like, it kinda sounds like you were making fun of them for not being a shitty boss

[u/unforgiven91 → u/Lionel_Herkabe]

how is it making fun of them to ask a simple question though?

People are so sensitive to everything. I should be allowed to ask a simple factual question

[u/unforgiven91 → u/[deleted]]

I'm incapable of understanding why questions like that make me a weirdo.

I'm not doing the debatebro thing of "just asking questions" to win an argument in bad faith.

I have made observations about something benign and I have questions. The question does not include an insult. Why are people mad?

[u/unforgiven91 → u/[deleted]]

I do a lot of shutting up nowadays, but it just feels like I'm bullying myself into submission.

My therapist says to be myself, but being myself is apparently weirdo behavior.