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Originally Posted by JenAjd
I've observed this kind of attitude elsewhere in T.V. as well. Have heard conversations of folks going to neighborhood pools only to be asked "if they are snowbirds", as if there's an "ownership" of some. If one thinks about it...it's childish behavior and unbecoming of individuals to act like this. I agree with one other poster here---it's a type of bullying!!!!!
My, my, my---my thought is LIFE is much too short to be so unkind, much less this out-spoken. It seems that most in T.V. are highly educated and have lived a good life elsewhere so my question is, were they like this in their jobs, neighborhoods etc. elsewhere?? Why does this attitude seem so pervasive here and I'd not experienced it so much where we moved from??
To be quite honest it has been shocking!!
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I have to agree Jen. And as Doctor Phil says " The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior".
I know of a fairly popular woman who is a friend of a friend and she bullies everyone she meets. She manipulates and uses power tactics to get things her way. I wonder constantly WHY she has any aquaintances at all, but she doles out favors and gives gifts and arranges fun happenings.
The smart people quit and leave her group but she still has many followers. I met her once and
I ran....not walked away from anything she had any dealings with.
I don't like mean. And I don't like selfish. And it isn't that I haven't been both and still am at times, but at least I am ashamed when it is pointed out to me.
I think that the behaviors that we see like this here have won these people some things. It is called "Winning Through Intimidation" and I plan to read that book sometime.
Now this does not mean that I don't agree with all of you who say you need to speak up and stand on your own two feet and act like an adult. But there is a difference in that. That is healthy. Pushing people around to see them pushed is just not right.
Someone help me down off this soap box.
And Jen...Hugs.