We used to joke about coworkers who act like babies on the job but I never got the impression that it was approved of and/or encouraged by management, but once again a joke has become reality, at least according to writer Julia Glum. She asserted in her audacious Money Magazine article, A Great Way to 'Fail' at Work. https://www.magzter.com/articles/12415/335408/5c99b9245335a I was drawn in by the title immediately. The title formulated in my mind a regurgitated list like, Don't Steal Coworkers' Lunches, or Anything Else, Don't Practice Any Part of Your Toilette in Public, Don't Trip the Mail Guy, and Never Tell Your Boss He's Wrong, so I was totally taken aback when I dove into her piece which states that when you receive achievements for your dedication, hard work and ingenuity and people ask you about it, you are not supposed to talk about it because they might get jealous. Instead you're supposed to mention all your failures in life so as not to make them feel bad for doing nothing but warming a chair and breathing. I was really taken aback by such nonsense. It reminded me of how weird that sounded to me the first time i hearD the, 'Everybody Gets a Trophy' Mentality. The kids raised during the emergence of that poppycock were just younger than mine so fortunately it didn't touch my kids. I thought about them competing in different things; sometimes winning awards, other times not. Both won and lost dozens of competitions throughout their academic lives and neither one has been negatively affected by not dragging home ribbons and trophies they didn't rightfully earn. In fact they simply tried harder the next time which is in fact the essence of competition. But apparently the generations spawned from PC Everyone Gets A Trophy mentality has become dependent on the doublespeak coddling that it has stuck with those entitled little brats, so much so that now they feel they are entitled to deny people the acclaim they deserve simply because they can't bear to share a moment of someone else's happiness. If you don't like that someone else is doing better than you then do better; be better so that you can be proud of yourself, not grudging of others.
I wish someone could explain to me why this is a path we want to go down because it seems petulant, deceitful, counterproductive, nasty and just plain rude, which ironically is supposed to be the exact opposite of Politically Correct. My suggestion to anyone who is caught up in a workplace atmosphere surrounded by principles like these is to sharpen that resume and spread it far and wide because happiness is not to be found in an environment that does not give credit and celebrate it when it's truly due.
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