> Avoiding something means staying away from it to the best of your ability Yes, that's what I said. "To the best of your ability." often means "You have to oc

> Avoiding something means staying away from it to the best of your ability Yes, that's what I said. "To the best of your ability." often means "You have to occasionally spend small amounts of time working with really shitty people.". OP said: following this advice would have made most of my professional life impossible... Unless OP's professional life made them a ton of money, either they had a uniquely terrible professional life, or what you and I understand "avoid" to mean is not at all what OP thinks the word means.