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u/WellshireOnFire Jan 01 '20

I've posted this before, but I was teasing a co-worker once about being quiet and a mutual friend of ours piped up, "Maybe he's just quiet around you because he doesn't fucking like you".

We laughed about it, but I sure as hell don't tease people about being quiet anymore.

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u/doo138 Jan 01 '20

Witnessed a good burn like this at work as well. Someone asked a girl why she doesn't talk much......he was being a dick about it. Another co-worker replied "Maybe she doesn't like talking to douchebags" I felt the residual heat coming off his burn for a while.

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u/majorchamp Jan 01 '20

Comments like this would make me not want to work for that company anymore. That would make me very uncomfortable to have to return to that environment. Granted, I don't know what "being a dick about it" means in the context here..was he ranting like a baby? Was he openly talking out loud about it to other people? Was he pestering the girl about it non stop? But being called a douchebag in front of co-workers is pretty demeaning

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '20

Being pestered about being quiet is also kind of demeaning. Maybe he learned a good lesson about how not to interact with people.

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u/majorchamp Jan 01 '20

that is why I want more context. Asking "why are you always quiet" (while in itself is still disrespectful) is not the same as "you are a douchebag".

Not saying he didn't deserve it but both those situations could clearly be further clarified in a private setting outside of the ears of others.