There are going to be some people you meet in life with whom you will never be able to get anything right. They might be employees, romantic partners, neighbours or relatives; they might even be strangers you have a chance encounter with in a shop, but whatever your level of engagement, you are going to get in wrong, in their eyes. No matter what you say, how you act, or how much you try to satisfy them, they are going to react badly, and hurt your feelings. Say something nice and they'll call you patronising. Buy them a gift and it will be the wrong colour. Tell them the truth and they will tell you it's not what they wanted to hear. You cannot please all the people all of the time, and every so often there will be people you can't even please once, and it doesn't make you a failure or unpleasant. It's just the way life is.
So don't adjust who you are to fit in with every little criticism you receive. If you've really made a mistake, then try not to repeat it, but if someone is just having a go at you because of their own issues, rather than your behaviour, then that is their concern, not yours.
Yeah - you guessed - it's been a difficult day at work.
RC 19-11-24
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