Comment by Derbasti
6 years ago
It's such a fine line to walk between discussing an issue about work, and directly insulting a human being. And so very often, the receiver interprets the message entirely differently than the sender.
So I'd say regardless of how powerful you feel, personally, the same fortitude should not be assumed to exist in everybody, all the time. It's not about the strength of a person, but about avoiding harm wherever possible.
Harming people, whether intentionally or not, is just never worthwhile. If that means "silk gloves" and "weakness", so be it.
That fine line is entirely a cultural construct though. I feel like my culture is much more inclined to assume anyone talking to them at work has good intentions. Seems like a better strategy from a game-theory perspective as well (tit for tat).