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Would you want an apology? Hypothetical question.

No hidden message. Take question at face value. Jim is acting like a jerk, would you want an apology from Jim?

You and 100 other co-workers are at work on a tuesday. You all come back into work on wednesday talking to each other how you heard about some terrible thing to where everyone has to take this pill. You're not required to take it, but the whole world is given an opportunity to take it.

One of your coworkers, we'll call Jim, has taken it. He asks you if you're taking it and you say, I have no plans to take it, I just don't feel like it. Jim acts as if you will die if you don't take this pill.

Exactly one year later, you and Jim are both still coworkers, nothing bad has happened to anyone because they did or didn't take this pill.

Would you say something like this or even think this: So Jim, it's been a year, I'm still here. I think you owe me an apology for acting like the way you did. That was real unfair dude.
SinlessOnslaught · 26-30, M Best Comment
Only if he was a jerk about it.
twiigss · M
@SinlessOnslaught Yes, that's why I'm saying, "the way you acted" because he acted like a total jerk about it. Like he was better than you.

I wouldn't want an apology from Jim because I hate disappointment and the Jims of the world rarely if ever apologize.
I like apologies only when someone feels a reason to be sorry. Not for the sake of placating me.
justanothername · 51-55, M
Is this your way of saying that you feel coerced into taking a vaccine that you don’t believe in?
twiigss · M
@justanothername Nope. Nothing to read between the lines. Hypothetical question.
justanothername · 51-55, M
@twiigss you have an issue with the way your co worker wanted you to take the little blue pill?
twiigss · M
@justanothername I have an issue with how the coworker is acting. As if he is a better person. He's human, I'm human. He's no better than me, I'm no better than him. I would want an apology from him for acting that way. Would you?
zeeva70 · F
Do the same rules of this conversation apply with the polio, MMR, or hepatitis vaccines?
twiigss · M
@zeeva70 Nope. Has nothing to do with a vaccine, no reading between the lines. Jim is acting like a jerk. He is a human being, I am a human being. He's no better than me, I'm no better than him. I would want an apology for how he is acting toward me. Would you?
LucyFuhr · 56-60, F
Jim's entitled to his opinion whether I appreciate it or not.
No apology necessary.
twiigss · M
@LucyFuhr I appreciate Jim's opinion, and enjoy hearing it. But the problem is when he acts like he's a better person than me. We're all the same. Human, and no one is better than anyone else.
LucyFuhr · 56-60, F
@twiigss I don't need apologies unless I'm truly hurt and even then I'd prefer a change in behavior instead.

We're [b][u]all[/u][/b] guilty of occasional self righteousness.

 
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