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I sent cool kid home today almost 2 hours early cause he wasn’t feeling well. That coupled with beanie’s rather excessive cat-like behavior last week made me realize something a lot of you have been probably shouting at me internally for a while. I’m too averse to confrontation. Maybe it’s cause I don’t like having to be prepared to replace someone.
What I do know is that when I don’t confront them, the behavior gets worse. So maybe I just need to be prepared to be the “bad guy.”
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@KoBunny This is pretty much what I've been trying to say about Cool Kid, yes. I think he's actively taking advantage of your conflict aversion. I don't think he's doing it maliciously, but I do think it's happening.
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@literorrery so then the question becomes - given this knowledge how do I confront either/both of them without feeling like the energy I have to put into the encounter vastly exceeds the reward (good behavior) that I get from it.
I don’t have a good answer, and I’m not expecting anyone to magically find a way to solve this riddle either. I think I know one or two of the answers already, I just don’t like them.
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@KoBunny I don't think any good manager likes them. *pettin's* I have a lot of thoughts about this, but I've never _been_ in this position, so all of my ideas are theoretical at best. Regardless, I support you whatever path you take.
