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How are these power moves? They transfer your power to someone else? Showing up late for a meeting purely to waste time tells the other person you are extremely
by cryptoz 7y ago
How are these power moves? They transfer your power to someone else? Showing up late for a meeting purely to waste time tells the other person you are extremely inconsiderate and someone they should actively avoid.
If I value my time, why would I spend any of it around you??
The rest of these things are just extremely rude, I cannot understand why you'd call them 'power moves'. They show insecurity and a desire to destroy the company you work in, not 'power'.
- rpmisms 7y agoSometimes rude is necessary to communicate a point or just moving shit out of the way.
- rgoulter 7y agoThey're certainly quite rude. It's possible the OP isn't sincere in asking for more ways to be rude. In a sense, being rude is a signal of power, because if you're rude and not powerful then you'd get punished for being rude. (As you say, I wouldn't wanna work anyone who behaves so rudely, though). https://medium.com/incerto/how-to-legally-own-another-person-4145a1802bf6 https://medium.com/incerto/how-to-legally-own-another-person...
- jppope 7y ago(OP here) I am 100% not advocating the use of "power moves". I don't believe they grow mutual respect or help build constructive work environments... but let's be real, any of us that exist in the real world have seen this stuff from time to time and like everything, there are good and bad versions of it. The "Ask HN" is meant to be of an "observational" nature. My aim is that the discussion provides utility for understanding social dynamics, and hopefully people use discretion with the info (i.e. Hanlon's razor). Hopefully the info can be used to help people navigate their lives better.