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Had a lot of time for reflection, contemplation, navel-gazing, recrimination & other thoughts in a general downward trajectory (dejectory?) lately & today was thinking about my 2 immediate managers in my last position & how they smiled... a lot... all the time. Always quick with the "G'day Justin, how ya goin'" greeting, but not really listening to your reply. Always smiling though
Even when handing you a redundancy notice. Smile - you're out of here. Right now. Shake hands, a quick inane pleasantry, now get out
I don't think I trust people who smile a lot, then. If you're prepared to fake being cheerful that much, what else are you faking? I'd heard one of them talking about a former employee whose jokes they just didn't 'get', but they smiled & laughed along anyway... then sacked him. They used to laugh at my jokes too
It's true - once you learn to fake sincerity, you can fake anything...
Had a lot of time for reflection, contemplation, navel-gazing, recrimination & other thoughts in a general downward trajectory (dejectory?) lately & today was thinking about my 2 immediate managers in my last position & how they smiled... a lot... all the time. Always quick with the "G'day Justin, how ya goin'" greeting, but not really listening to your reply. Always smiling though
Even when handing you a redundancy notice. Smile - you're out of here. Right now. Shake hands, a quick inane pleasantry, now get out
I don't think I trust people who smile a lot, then. If you're prepared to fake being cheerful that much, what else are you faking? I'd heard one of them talking about a former employee whose jokes they just didn't 'get', but they smiled & laughed along anyway... then sacked him. They used to laugh at my jokes too
It's true - once you learn to fake sincerity, you can fake anything...
