That is always a good strategy. Eventually some people realise what a fool they're making of themselves. Others get even angrier the nicer you get, sometimes to the point where they can't function properly.
Fully admit I am right there with you. New to Lemmy as well. I have been trying to bring some of my favorite subreddits here which is how I ended up finding this community as well.
In some countries (e.g. Japan), the floor you enter the building at is the first floor, and in others (e.g. UK) it's the ground floor. So if there are 4 floors, they could be 1, 2, 3, 4, or they could be G, 1, 2, 3.
Regarding that part of the second edit: a very wise colleague of mine with managerial duties once told me that he expects people to give 50 to 70% every day. First, it’s unsustainable to give 100% all the time, and burnout has far worse direct and indirect consequences than simply scaling the operation up to allow more slack time. Second, when shit actually hits the fan and you need all hands on deck, there’s no more that can be given if you were already giving it 100%
People in the office work the same amount of time. The rest of the time they are talking to other people distracting them from their work or their pretending to work. These antiquated ideas of productivity, primarily working in an office makes you more productive, need to die.
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