By Frustrated - 25/05/2015 17:42 - United States

Today, I tried to work on my attitude at work. People say I'm mean, so I tried to be nice all day. Apparently I'm now condescending. FML
I agree, your life sucks 27 345
You deserved it 3 967

Same thing different taste

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Just do you. People will complain no matter what.

Just be yourself, if you truly want to change do it over time. Or else people are going to think too much in to it.

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idxntgiveafxck 17

Customers are annoying, I always try to hold up, but some ignorant prick always brings out the hood in me.

it's tough. personally I think I treat everyone around me like equals, and I tend to tell the truth even when it's not nice, but sometimes it gets interpreted as being mean or condescending or just plain dumb. it's a hard thing to work on. my sister is just naturally mean, and whenever she's being nice it's noticeable that she's straining rally hard for it; she even admits it. eventually she always falls back to bitch. but it's not her fault, it's just who she is and it's near-impossible to change that.

Practice not rolling your eyes when others talk, it is a starting point

easier to change habits at work then it is to change a personality.

Sounds like you need some practice, OP. You can't put glitter on shit and call it gold after all.

You tried to be nice for a whole day?? It's no wonder nobody took the bait. If you're being nice just to not be called mean, then you're a selfish a-hole. Be nice because of what it does for other people, not yourself.

HighasaCloud 46

If you want to be assertive, you're an asshole. If you want to be kind, you're a doormat. There are insults for everything you could possibly do, so just continue being yourself. You can't fake sincerity so if you wish to be a nicer person, it's going to be by small increments over several months to years of readjusting.

People always complain about the thing they dont like in you so you can change in a way they like. Its your life live it your way

Well, what did you think was going to happen, one day would fix everything?

I to, am called condensation. I know its rough, but soon all those negative thoughts will evaporate.