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There is the curse of knowing how, and maybe more importantly there is the curse of other people knowing you know how.
by EZ-E 1y ago
There is the curse of knowing how, and maybe more importantly there is the curse of other people knowing you know how.
- Cthulhu_ 1y agoFamily members asking you to fix their printers.
- brianhama 1y agoIt never ends.
- aleph_minus_one 1y ago> Family members asking you to fix their printers. My honest, brutal answer is: "Your problem is very likely self-inflicted. Buy a decent Brother laser printer." This attitude resolves you of nearly all such requests. :-)
- Aeolun 1y agoI don't think you even need to qualify that? Any Brother laser printer is a decent one. They don't have all that many models.
- caseyy 1y agoFamily is the F-word I can't stand, much like Louis Rossman. Whenever someone pulls "but I'm your family" or "but I'm your friend" into an ask, there's a 95% likelihood you're being guilt-tripped. Whether you wish to help the manipulators is your choice, but it's important to understand what's happening.
- bigstrat2003 1y agoDepends on the family member. My parents? They fed and clothed me for a couple of decades (not to mention literally wiped my ass for years). I owe them big time and I'll do basically anything that isn't immoral for them. My cousins? I like them and will try to help them, but I'm not going to bend over backwards either.
- caseyy 1y agoAnd yet, that doesn't take away their responsibility to carry their load in projects. One person is never responsible for the entire output in any organization. Even if some would like to see it that way (whether they imagine they ought to be the person, or someone else).