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There are some people who get along with everyone. Obviously, from my posts, you know I'm not one of them. But there are people who I don't get along with (and don't want to get along with). Unless one has some very special drugs, I don't think it's normal to get along with everyone - but what do I know.
Examples at work include a person who deliberate breaches my trust or are a predator of vulnerable employees. And, of course, the chronic liars. [Chronic idiots aren't included because, well, they're idiots]
This could probably be contorted into a survey question, but meanwhile, any comments (or more interestingly, examples!) ? Even those of you who claim you're described in the preceding paragraph
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modified 16-Nov-18 10:24am.
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In theory getting along with people is what preserves the human race.
This does not mean you have to like them or engage them in conversation. It just means that you should not kill them, or beat them around the face and head.
Sometimes all it takes is not saying or doing anything at all, which facilitates a successful "getting along" event.
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Slacker007 wrote: It just means that you should not kill them, or beat them around the face and head.
Oops. 
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Never throw anything away, Griff
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Different strokes for different folks - so I appreciate your sentiments.
As it turns out, however, I'm the one that does the stuffing . . .
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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I hope you saw the joke icon. 
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Yup - but can't help but run with the opportunities when they arise - we both did.
It's the lounge - I expected no more - no less - in the responses. It's the kind of thing I'd do.
Of course, now I've reduced you to a predictable entity. No malice intended (that I'll admit to).
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Oh? Really? I didn't notice.
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Wow! It turns out we have a definite sympatico developing!
Seems we ought got together somewhere where I can spill a beer on you !
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Thanks for including the vocalist in the link - allowing me to avoid clicking the link.
Such kindness! I guess "love is in the air"
That's an interesting phrase - seems to allude to masterub . . .
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No, it is a song of celebration toward the love you and Matt have for each other.
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Perfect response! 
When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others.
Same thing when you are stupid.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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Are you calling him a turkey? It is Thanksgiving week here in the States..... 
Take responsibility for all of your actions and failure to act.
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I don't get along with you.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: Unless one has some very special drugs, I don't think it's normal to get along with everyone - but what do I know.
I don't have to get along with every passenger on the train. For work, I'm not paid to get along, but to do my job.
Getting along is overrated.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I'm pretty laid back.
I try very hard to just ignore those I can't stand, but it doesn't always work.
In one company there was me (Technical manager - in charge of everything more complicated than a mains plug) and Martin (General manager - in charge of sales, office, paperwork) both reporting to the managing director. And I detested the slimy little weasel; the feeling was mutual.
So I just worked round him. He came up with change requests, which went on post-it notes with all the others and were stuck to my wall. What he never realised was that the wall was a priority order, and his were added at the bottom. Which coincidentally was just above my bin.
I outlasted him though - he got the sack after I found out by accident that he was spending several hours a day on porn sites during office hours. Then a whole load of nasties cam creeping out the woodwork, like his affair with one of the office girls, falsified invoices, ... He went from General Manager at a 2-digit-million pound turnover company to a night shelf stacker at the local supermarket (his wife insisted he wasn't in the house at night after the affair and the girlfriend dumped him due to the porn).
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Good stuff, we want more! I think it has a Dickensian touch to it 
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That sort of hints at another informal poll: the sweet taste of spitting on your advisary's grave, or perhaps, instead of spitting, you give it the horny male cat treatment.
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He was responsible for the single worst working day of my entire life.
Because of the porn sites, I was told to go through his entire machine and check what kind of porn it was: the MD specifically wanted to know if there was any child porn on there with a view to handing it all over to the police if there was.
So in an "open" office, I spent the entire day looking at someone else's idea of what to watch - and there was a lot of it - checking each picture (this was the dial up era, so no videos) and half expecting the next image I opened to be something I really, really never want to look at. Fortunately, I didn't find any.
Horrible, horrible day. I downed 2 inches of good single malt when I got home in a single glug.
Gave me a new appreciation for what police forensic departments have to go through... 
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I have a friend and former colleague who used to be a deputy for the local Sheriff's Department. He told me a story of them capturing a child pornography distributor and he had to spend several days going through all of the videos to tag them as evidence. He had to get psychological help after that. The Sheriff also had to confiscate his sidearm to prevent an unfortunate accident with the defendant.
When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others.
Same thing when you are stupid.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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Had there been an incident with the defendant, I doubt it would have been either unfortunate or accidental. I'm sure you know that though. 
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On one occasion I got a hand-me-down laptop from the president of the company as he was getting a newer shinier one. At the time, I didn't need a laptop - I worked entirely on my custom desktop development monster machine and laptops were just too wimpy back then. I eventually used it for product demos at trade shows. Before that I decided to clean-up the disk as it didn't seem to have much space left. Needless to say, when I looked in the recycle bin I was shocked by the porn I found there - male gay and S&M stuff mostly, some bestiality. I deleted a lot of it and then thought I should un-delete it and save it as evidence. I ran a utility that ended up un-deleting a whole lot more, including some really nasty stuff!   At this point I panicked, wiped and reformatted the drive, installed Windows 98 to replace the old Windows 95 (that was the excuse I gave him for doing it) and lost the final dregs of any respect (not much) for him I had.
I depended on his employment for my Green Card and decided, since I had thoroughly destroyed all the evidence, to not report him to the police at that time. 
A couple of years later he fled the country with both the IRS (tax evasion) and the FBI (the rumour was that it was for child pornograhy - no proof but I believed it) in hot pursuit. We all lost our jobs as a result. Luckily, I had recently married a USian and didn't need him for an employment-based green card any more.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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That was how they caught Garry Glitter[^] - he took his computer to PC World for repair and they saw what was on his hard disk
"Hello, Mr Policeman? We have something here you should see..."
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Imagine how boring life would be if everyone could get along with everyone, it's just like in the movies, there always must be an antagonist or you would fall asleep while watching 
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