Actually I think most people deep down think they are a good guy and that they do good. I don't think they do make great comparisons with other people, because they start from the axiomatic position that they are good and right. The most paranoid bully I worked for acted as though she was always right and correct, even if occasionally she had to adjust reality and inconvenient things like minutes to reflect her obviously correct view. It wasn't about other people at all. Other people couldn't get through to her, so sooner or later we all escaped with more or less damage. I actually felt reality move and shift whilst working there. Yes I was clincally depressed and yes, the tablets the doctor gave me did help. Leaving was a realization a a "We gotta get out here, even if its the last thing we do" dream. Not going to work there was just lovely. Of course I am still not who I was before I worked there...
I beg to differ about people
Date: 2009-05-15 08:50 am (UTC)