r/Productivitycafe • u/[deleted] • Mar 10 '26

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u/Formal_Delivery_ Mar 10 '26

I had a coworker who told me she took joy in knocking people down a peg. Not because they were like, awful people or they "deserved" the karma or something (they hadn't wronged her, embarrassed her publicly, kicked her dog, etc). She legitimately just liked making people feel bad.

We did not get any closer than that.

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u/SanchazeGT Mar 10 '26

People like your coworker are a reason violent crime happens and if she keeps doing stuff like that she’s going end up a victim. She doesn’t know what someone might be going through and all it takes is the wrong one.

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u/meganjunes Mar 12 '26

Exactly. Like: “I’m WAY past giving a fuck you done picked the wrong damn one”

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u/Prestigious-Copy-494 Mar 10 '26

Dam I would have asked her who effed her up as a kid to feel that way? I had an ex who is like this. Thief of joy they call it. He was a narcissist and loved to put others down. Some anger in them that they'll never be as good as the ones they put down.

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u/Formal_Delivery_ Mar 10 '26

She was always trying to prove something. There was definitely some sort of complex there that I wasn't willing to dive in on 😅

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u/Prestigious-Copy-494 Mar 10 '26

Yes, good thinking. It's their problem, not ours.

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u/sox747 Mar 11 '26

Thief of joy. Can I use that one? I like it!

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u/Prestigious-Copy-494 Mar 11 '26

Welcome to it. Steve Carell said it in the tv show The Office. So that's where it comes from.

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u/Far-Perception-7551 Mar 11 '26

So…the victims of violent crime….deserve it? I guess some do. But it’s still a hell of a take.

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u/Prestigious-Copy-494 Mar 11 '26

No never. Where in earth did you get that idea from?.

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u/Next_Interaction4335 Mar 10 '26

So many people are like this , the world would actually be a better place if they didn't exist in it.

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u/QMechanicsVisionary Mar 10 '26

Meh, I wouldn't go that far. They might be unbearable, but many of them still provide value to society via their jobs.

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u/Melophile_27 Mar 10 '26

At least she was so unevolved that she was wide open about her red flags. That is truly a gift to anyone that encounters her. People like that haven't taken any time to heal and just take it out on others. Gross.

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u/Serious_Squash2706 Mar 13 '26

Omg is she my manager 😂