Let’s talk about the people who make things worse by pretending everything’s fine. The ones who smile when things just suck, defend leadership at all costs, and tell you to stay positive. Are they surviving or enabling?

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People who smile through it? Eh, I think they might be trying to make the best of a bad situation. People who defend leadership 👎🏻👎🏻

It's funny, I pretty much recognize some of my coworkers by your descriptions. I'm okay when people make jokes about things going wrong, it's better to laugh than cry. And I don't mind if someone tries to be positive in the face of adversity. But defending poor management by putting on a fake happy attitude is just the worst. I can't respect anyone doing that.

I think sometimes it starts as surviving and slowly turns into enabling. When “stay positive” replaces honest conversation, it can protect the system more than the people in it.

I used to do this and it was absolutely smiling through the pain, sometimes you just want to get through your day and that's what matters.

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