Thanks to them I’m master spy now.
looks like strict parents are the way to fit into the corporate world :p
Perfect training for a lifetime of unfulfilling work for insecure bosses!
So basically how to operate in most of the jobs I’ve ever had
I try to be a mix of equal parts strict, fair, informative, and supportive, in any order.
office work skills
Sounds like a good stand up comedy bit
The most important office skill was taught by George Costanza: look angry and people will think you’re busy working hard.
100%
Unfortunately, looking angry makes us more stressed over time. Still, worth it if I don’t have to talk to anyone
I found out at a previous position that the best way to get my work done was to be short with people. In that case they wouldn’t bother me, and I had more time to do my work.
Your comment does not really fit in with all the rest around here, and I’d gladly watch you figure it out
Let’s not advertise this fascists’ work anymore
I found out at a previous position that the best way to
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Unfortunately as the post said, atleast two of those things are actually useful skills
My mom was barely there on medication and my father just wasn’t. It was cool to be able to do whatever I wanted, but I had to make sure Mom fell asleep on her side.
strict ≠ abusive
My parents weren’t abusive but I still learned all of these except ‘manipulate to calm down’…
The difference can often be negligible to a child’s eyes depending on how ‘strict’ lessons are worded or otherwise expressed. If it is always with scolding after a lack of instruction turned in to idle entertainment that went awry, it sometimes doesn’t really matter how relevant the information was.
So, like they said, it’s not about being strict, it’s about how that information is presented…
Great lessons for the underpaid and overworked workforce though.
That’s not strict, that’s abusive.
I’ve become so used to it that now I lie to any sort of authority figure or any authority adjacent figure out of habit.
No one is going to react to the fact that they have a furry pfp and their handle is “BugCatcherWill”?
I get that people are eager to air their grievances with their parents, but do you really think this guy is talking about the same thing you are? Methinks there’s a good reason their parents kept a close eye on them.
Btw, for the happily unaware: The term “Bug catching” does generally not refer to catching insects, he’s not an entomologists. The bugs he’s catching are the kind you do not want to catch, if you catch my drift.
Neat thing that you know, there!
I mean, I know plenty of kids who learned this without strict parents. School staff, daycare workers, business managers, cops… anyone in authority looking to impose rules also taught these lessons.
You’d think nobody on this sub has ever shoplifted before, ffs.
