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Worked with someone that had bought into the cult of Zappos as an HR/Head of People/Whatever the fuck you want to call it these days. They were gross. The happ
by meddlepal 6y ago
Worked with someone that had bought into the cult of Zappos as an HR/Head of People/Whatever the fuck you want to call it these days.
They were gross. The happiness culture is toxic and if you don't buy into it and aren't projecting rays of sunshine 24/7 from all your orifices you're expected to just fuck off.
- asdasfasdfasdf 6y agoHave you ever considered that you might be the problem? When I was younger I may have written a very similar comment about some places I've worked... and while I still agree that the environment wasn't my cup of tea... my intolerance of others was a bigger problem.
- rimliu 6y agoHave you considered that he may not be the problem? It is known by now that too much sugar is bad for you. And for someone not raised on American diet of the dumb smiles and constant fake positivity that diet is indeed vomit-inducing. That comment may simply reflect the experience and frustration felt in such a place, it bears no indication how the op was acting there.
- asdasfasdfasdf 6y agoWhy are talking about sugar and diets? Why are you equating smiling with stupidity? This is an equally odd comment. The commenters reaction was so crass and off-putting that it's hard to believe that type of attitude didn't play a factor. To say we should ignore an extremely negative attitude that's criticizing positive attitudes seems hypocritical. If OP was trying to make a point against the concept of positive thinking, they utterly failed because of how they chose to word it... to the point that there are multiple other commenters pointing this out. You can make a reasoned argument against positive thinking without resorting to demeaning other people (and if you can't, then positive thinking might not be the problem).
- dboat 6y agoYour stance that they are overly intolerant would have more credibility if you had stated it more tastefully. As it is, you have lead me to believe your attitude was more likely the actual problem.
- ascendantlogic 6y agoGoing by your tone I'm going to assume you almost never project rays of sunshine from any orifices and maybe it's not their culture of happiness that's the problem.
- PopeDotNinja 6y agoI don't project sunshine or toxic mojo all day, but if you try to pump sunshine up my butt, you're going to encounter some of my shit.
- fblp 6y agoWow. In many years of reading posts on hackernews I've never seen 3 immediate replies asking if the writer of the comment is the problem, given their tone. Thank you for calling the abrasive tone out.