Comment on I’m 43 but everyone at the workplace thinks I’m 25. Is this something I need to change?
GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Don’t lie that you’re 25. In my experience, there are 2 ways to handle stupid questions you don’t wanna answer.
- agree and amplify with bullshit. “yeah, 40 and unmarried. I’m so lonely. I scream and cry myself to sleep every night. I drink 5 gallons of vodka just to make it thru a shift.”.
- change the frame. “why are you so interested in my marital status? Are you looking for someone? I’m flattered but you’re not my type.”.
dennis5wheel@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
I imagine myself using your answers with my coworkers, who are gossips and they replying how rude I am, feeling outraged and refusing to help me with my job.
The thing is, I’d use this answer with people that separate their private life from their jobs, but where I am, and in nursing in general, this doesn’t happen. And if they don’t separate both things, then they stop helping all together when they perceive you as unfriendly, meaning I have to work more.
I guess the price I pay for their help is faking interest in their lives.
I need to work somewhere else, don’t I?