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Do you know people who display serial dishonesty or other bad attitudes, and find yourself setting them on the right path?

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[-] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 8 points 4 weeks ago

No. Calling them out would be talking to them when I don't strictly need to. That sounds like no fun.

[-] Cheebus@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Praise publicly, criticize privately. I’d never publicly call someone out, but I may approach them individually and offer constructive criticism

[-] FavouriteShapes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah that makes sense

[-] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Only because they are constantly wrong. Generally just in a professional capacity, though. Otherwise, not my circus, not my monkey.

[-] DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

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.

[-] FavouriteShapes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

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 😕

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 4 weeks ago
[-] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 2 points 4 weeks ago

Not really my place to decide what the right path is for someone else.

[-] FavouriteShapes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

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?

[-] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[-] IWW4@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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.

[-] FavouriteShapes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm sorry to hear that, I've had to burn a lot of bridges too

[-] IWW4@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

No man, don’t be sorry. It was liberating to be free of them.

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