Very Bad Advice

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Daily Dose #72

I’m told I give terrible advice.

I am aware of the fact that my advice is horrible because, well… I’ve been told.

Hang on… did I mention that I give very bad advice?

Well, I do.

Yet still, I find myself unable to refrain from doling out all the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad advice that I have to offer.

For example… There was that one time I told a friend who was unhappy with his job, that he should be honest with his employer. Maybe have a heart to heart talk. How was I supposed to know that he hated his boss, thought she was a complete egotistical jerk, and wished she would just do everyone a favor already and throw herself off the next available cliff!?!

Needless to say, I fired him forthwith…

Honesty is great and all but sometimes discretion is better!

Author

becklaney1@gmail.com

Comments

August 6, 2020 at 6:45 am

Everything I’ve read here since I started following has been pretty good advice actually. 🙂

Two problems though:

1) “Few things in life are harder to tolerate than a good example” – Mark Twain
2) People just don’t understand subtlety, diplomacy or the art of the soft sell anymore, as your story illustrates.



August 6, 2020 at 8:22 am

haha . hilarious 🙂



August 6, 2020 at 8:29 am

That is such a fib Mrs.Beck! No way would anyone hate you!! Made me laugh this morning 🙂



August 6, 2020 at 11:14 am

Good one Beck, and I liked the story about telling a friend to be honest about how he felt towards his boss–interesting outcome even if it didn’t happen 🙂



    admin
    August 6, 2020 at 12:21 pm

    Thanks, Bill! It would have been even more humorous if I had said ‘needless to say, I fired my husband forthwith’ which would have made it more funny on so many levels… 😆 hindsight! 😂



August 6, 2020 at 12:50 pm

Thanks for the laugh!! 😀 I think your friend just misunderstood the advice haha! That’s very good advice otherwise 🙂



    admin
    August 6, 2020 at 1:42 pm

    I agree, for the most part honesty is the best policy but there are those times… 😂 glad you got a laugh!



August 6, 2020 at 1:19 pm

Laughing. Enjoyed this. Thanks for the chuckling start to my day. 😊



August 6, 2020 at 1:28 pm

Clever take on the topic. I certainly did not see that end coming. LOL



August 6, 2020 at 3:59 pm

Though you made me laugh, I love the way it is written. Great post.👌👌



August 7, 2020 at 9:21 pm

This is brilliant. And gave me a well needed chuckle. Thank you. 💜😄



August 8, 2020 at 4:31 am

This made me laugh. I’ve read your daily doses, and they are in no way “bad advice.” Thank you for sharing this!



September 1, 2020 at 10:40 am

Bad advice manifest from bad habits comprising negative experiences, yet
bad advice can open the door to positive thinking when you compare the two!”

_-Van Prince



admin
August 7, 2020 at 12:00 am

Thank you!



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