No. Calling them out would be talking to them when I don't strictly need to. That sounds like no fun.
Praise publicly, criticize privately. I’d never publicly call someone out, but I may approach them individually and offer constructive criticism
Yeah that makes sense
Only because they are constantly wrong. Generally just in a professional capacity, though. Otherwise, not my circus, not my monkey.
Professionally I have way too many opportunities for this, but a quarter century in my field has taught me that calling people out just makes more work for me. Sometimes you just have to let people dig their own hole.
Personally I don't let people like that in my life, and my wife and kids and immediate family are great people so we don't really have that problem in our family life. I realize I am lucky in that regard.
I would say unless you're management and that's part of your job, then for your own sanity you might have to let it go. Keep notes so you know who's who, but it's not your job to fix other people.
Really well thought out answer, thanks for sharing!
I would say unless you’re management and that’s part of your job, then for your own sanity you might have to let it go. Keep notes so you know who’s who, but it’s not your job to fix other people.
Unfortunately, management has the same attitude 😕
No
Not really my place to decide what the right path is for someone else.
But i'm sure you do sometimes? If someone says something you know to be scientifically wrong, is it not the loving thing to do, to correct them on it?
Scientific subjects don't tend to come up in conversations I have with people. If a friend had a different understanding of some scientific subject of mutual interest, I might observe that I'd understood differently, but I wouldn't assume that I'm right, nor would I characterize that as setting them on the right path.
No not really. Socially I really just cut off people like that. FYI I had cut off all my problematic family members, and since most of them are dead.
Professionally, there is some of that, but not really. In my experience those people end of taking care of themselves.
I'm sorry to hear that, I've had to burn a lot of bridges too
No man, don’t be sorry. It was liberating to be free of them.
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