I used to have a boss who would give me huge projects on Friday at 6:00pm, with a Monday 9:00am due date (because of his inability to plan in advance, but that's another story...), and in the next breath he'd tell me to enjoy my weekend and not work too hard. Huh?!
ok, now that's retarded and unfair. i just meant colleagues and relatives (always the ones on the european side) who say that, and in a patronising "comforting" way. i always want to punch them when they say it.
If it is just smalltalk, it makes me angry. But any kind of mindless comments (especially my own) do that.
My team work far too much - but unlike me, the other guys got family. So I do the weekends and nights. And we need to constantly remind each other to see sense and leave it at some point. We would all be worse off if we didn't.
Sometimes it's justified to be concerned and sometimes it's more like someone not being able to see that someone else like to work harder than they do. I have a friend who used to aim for heart attack at 35. He came to his senses after a few years but we were pretty worried before that. And all the nagging that he worked too hard was part of that senscoming ...
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I used to have a boss who would give me huge projects on Friday at 6:00pm, with a Monday 9:00am due date (because of his inability to plan in advance, but that's another story...), and in the next breath he'd tell me to enjoy my weekend and not work too hard. Huh?!
ok, now that's retarded and unfair. i just meant colleagues and relatives (always the ones on the european side) who say that, and in a patronising "comforting" way. i always want to punch them when they say it.
we say that all the time in a cheery happy sort of way
It might be because they are genuinely concerned about you?
If it is just smalltalk, it makes me angry. But any kind of mindless comments (especially my own) do that.
My team work far too much - but unlike me, the other guys got family. So I do the weekends and nights. And we need to constantly remind each other to see sense and leave it at some point. We would all be worse off if we didn't.
Sometimes it's justified to be concerned and sometimes it's more like someone not being able to see that someone else like to work harder than they do.
I have a friend who used to aim for heart attack at 35. He came to his senses after a few years but we were pretty worried before that. And all the nagging that he worked too hard was part of that senscoming ...