Subj : Re: Workplace Politics
To   : Nick Andre
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Thu Sep 24 2020 10:44 am

NA> Never EVER kiss ass at work. Its pretty simple, just be humble and do the b
NA> job you can and your good results will often speak for itself. Ass-kissers 
NA> get promoted before you but you can sleep at night knowing you aren't one.

My boss was getting his ass kicked in the mens' washroom one day. I pulled the
attacker off him, and then I did the same for a customer who was invovled
in the same brawl. When it was all over, my boss pretended like it never 
happened. He's an Iraq war veteran and that incident was a threat to his 
reputation.

How is it possible for an Iraqi war veteran to be such a terrible fighter? I'm
an overweight computer nerd, with few fighting experiences, and I rescued 2 
people like it was nothing. I didn't even break a sweat. I'll assume that 
sometimes these war veterans come home & get lazy, and they're no longer doing
their push-ups.

But regarding butt-kissing, there are certain jobs where it becomes necessary,
because coworkers will do anything they can to keep a person down if he/she 
doesn't suck up like the rest. They use it as an opportunity to attack. "Hey 
boss, non butt-kisser forgot his badge." 

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
 * Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

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