Heart attacks

What genius came up with a “scientific” study to suggest that working for a bullying boss increases the risk of a heart attack by 23%?

Anyone who has worked in such an environment already knows only too well of the heightened blood pressure, the stress, the palpitations that result from working for a trumped up, inadequate human being, who grandly tries to make up for his or her shortcomings by being a bully and trying to scare people.

What these people don’t realise is that, as well as ruining their workers’ lives, they are actually building for themselves a reputation that will eventually catch up with them. Over the years I have, thankfully, had bosses that, whilst varying greatly in their abilities, have not been bullies. Pressurised? Of course. Unnecessarily? At times, certainly. The remedy? Play them at their own game. Call their bluff, when you know you are on rock solid ground with your argument. Afraid of losing your job? Isn’t that better than losing your life? Think about it.

“The Disabled” – no thanks

Since the ending of the Paralympics the great and the good, as opposed to Joe & Jane Public, have been asked to say what the legacy of the games will be. I have not heard one say anything about titles, which is something that has bugged me for years, namely “The Disabled” or “The Unemployed” or “The Elderly.”
What these titles do is reduce the people to a category, rather than acknowledging them as persons of value.
Surely it is not hard to refer to “People with a disability” or a “disabled person” rather than them being lumped together as a group of lesser value.

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