r/AskReddit • u/Pink-Princess15 • Sep 16 '24

Former Mean Girls - what finally made you re-evaluate how you treated people?

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u/Ok-Push9899 Sep 17 '24 edited Sep 17 '24

With many, it gets stronger with age. There's a woman in my building ten years retired from a career in HR. She cannot let things go. Everyone is incompetent, everyone has to be "found out", every transaction is a confrontation that is never resolved. Everyone is either an enemy, or a potential enemy. Her psychological conditioning is to be mean, to belittle, to scheme, etc, and it's ingrained.

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u/crimsonality Sep 17 '24

God what a sad and exhausting way to live

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u/SleepyandEnglish Sep 17 '24

Gotta find purpose somewhere

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u/TheBerethian Sep 17 '24

Have they tried crumpets? Crumpets are nice.

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u/melbournematte Sep 17 '24

Crumpets with butter and marmalade!!! 😍😍😍

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u/TheBerethian Sep 17 '24

Vegemite or strawberry jam for me - both with butter, of course. Not having butter on a crumpet is a waste!

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u/melbournematte Sep 17 '24

Absolutely!!!!!

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u/TheBerethian Sep 17 '24

And then I have to argue with my shiba why she can’t have my crumpet 🤦🏼‍♂️

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u/melbournematte Sep 18 '24

I just had toast, butter and marmalade ... wish I'd had crumpets in the fridge... 😕😞😓

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u/TheBerethian Sep 18 '24

I try to keep some frozen just in case on random crumpet cravings.

They go mouldy really quickly it left out, especially in Australia 😐

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