Harassment And Discrimination In The Workplace

I hate it when someone points out a problem and says that I fucked it up and I say, “No, you fucked it up,” and then I deny having fucked it up and they don’t explicitly deny having fucked it up but they implicitly do so by continuing to insist that it was me who fucked it up and then we check it out and it turns out that we both fucked it up but I lose because I’m the only one who explicitly denied fucking it up. It’s total bullshit. They fucked it up more than I did. I didn’t even want to talk about it in the first place.

...out of the worm-hole, into the fire!

Hey Worm,

What qualifies you to offer people advice? If you have any credentials as a therapist or counselor (which I seriously doubt), you might want to post them. You’re a worm. You crawl around in holes. What would you know about anything?

Signed,
an anonymous seeker of competent, professional advice


The Worm sez: Sticks and stones can’t break The Worm’s bones (it has none), but your cruel words can make it cry and feel ashamed of itself. Is that what you want? The Worm does not think that that is what you really want. Perhaps if you try then you can learn to love The Worm and to be loved by The Worm. Perhaps there’s nothing wrong with you that you can’t fix yourself; maybe you do not need the help of any trained therapist. The Worm recommends that you discontinue your search for professional advice, that you isolate yourself at home, and that you derive your psychological and emotional wellness from a steadfast refusal to communicate with anyone, especially The Worm, by means of the internet or otherwise. As Doctors Freud and Jung both said, “In silence lies the power to heal all wounds,” and as Dr. Phil once said, “Be your own physician, and in silence heal yourself." The Buddha taught us that our happiness falls softly as does a pin. The Worm suggests that you sit quietly and listen for it to drop. Sshhh.

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So sayeth The Worm.