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Why do professional and being nice have to be mutually exclusive ? Why do we have to be "coldly professional" and not "morally/humanly professional" ? No one is
by codegeek 13y ago
Why do professional and being nice have to be mutually exclusive ? Why do we have to be "coldly professional" and not "morally/humanly professional" ? No one is complaining about layoffs here. What is being complained about is the way companies are treating their employees. I don't expect a handout or a hug and can find my own work if I get fired. But if you fire me the way these guys did, you will surely never be on my list of good people. May be that does not matter to some.
- swayvil 13y agoprofessional = I want to eat you nice = I want to help you professional + nice = I want to eat you and help you? Now that doesn't work at all.
- codegeek 13y agoAn analogy like that can be used in many ways. Here is my version: professional = I have to eat you (not want) nice = I am sorry (being nice is not only about helping) professional + nice = I have to eat you and I am sorry.
- daemin 13y agoI am sorry but I have to eat you. ?
- brianmcdonough 13y agoI drank your milkshake, ha ha ha.
- swayvil 13y agoin the art world we call that a "lie"
- sneak 13y agoI guess I wasn't clear. I find straight, clear professionalism to be "nice", especially when dealing with shitty situations. Usually they're made more shitty by people getting personally emotional over what are, frankly, simply business decisions. A lot of that can be avoided by sticking to the facts and the script, making the inevitable a lot simpler for everybody. It's a matter of showing them adult respect and giving it to them straight. I don't think they're mutually exclusive at all.