View Poll Results: Are Canadians the most two-faced people on Earth?
Yes.
28
45.90%
No.
24
39.34%
No, but I'm going to go outside and bitch about them behind their back.
9
14.75%
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Are Canadians the most two-faced people on Earth?
#3
Re: Are Canadians the most two-faced people on Earth?
If you really believe that you should get out more. .... Far easterners, and one nationality specifically, have a strong cultural aversion to ever saying no or pushing back against your suggestions/ ideas/ proposals no matter how strongly they disagree with you!
#4
Re: Are Canadians the most two-faced people on Earth?
It's just I've had several examples of it recently, I'm at the point of wondering whether anyone is capable of being direct.
#6
Re: Are Canadians the most two-faced people on Earth?
Maybe that's where it comes from, given the number of Chinese immigrants.
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Re: Are Canadians the most two-faced people on Earth?
Steve - what industry do you work in?
#8
Re: Are Canadians the most two-faced people on Earth?
IT but it's got nothing to do with industry, I'm talking about people generally.
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Re: Are Canadians the most two-faced people on Earth?
I don't know... I've met some pretty 'unsavoury' types in the O&G industry.
#10
Re: Are Canadians the most two-faced people on Earth?
I think the reason I notice it perhaps is because of my job, because I'm often dealing with people who aren't Canadian.
The closest I ever seem to get to people being direct is when they start to be condescending.
Which if you've read any of my threads on here you know I'm a world champion at condescension.
Although I suppose I'm also being two-faced by putting this thread up.
The closest I ever seem to get to people being direct is when they start to be condescending.
Which if you've read any of my threads on here you know I'm a world champion at condescension.
Although I suppose I'm also being two-faced by putting this thread up.
#11
Re: Are Canadians the most two-faced people on Earth?
I think the reason I notice it perhaps is because of my job, because I'm often dealing with people who aren't Canadian.
The closest I ever seem to get to people being direct is when they start to be condescending.
Which if you've read any of my threads on here you know I'm a world champion at condescension.
Although I suppose I'm also being two-faced by putting this thread up.
The closest I ever seem to get to people being direct is when they start to be condescending.
Which if you've read any of my threads on here you know I'm a world champion at condescension.
Although I suppose I'm also being two-faced by putting this thread up.
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Re: Are Canadians the most two-faced people on Earth?
Its just that the more there is a stake, and the more pressure people are subjected to in the workplace, the shittier they behave. That is my experience working in O&G anyway.
People won't hesitate to 'Throw you under the bus' to save their own butt. I never experienced this kind of behaviour in the UK and I was totally shocked by it when I started working here.
So in a way, I can relate to what you're saying.
People won't hesitate to 'Throw you under the bus' to save their own butt. I never experienced this kind of behaviour in the UK and I was totally shocked by it when I started working here.
So in a way, I can relate to what you're saying.
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Re: Are Canadians the most two-faced people on Earth?
I hate to say it, but in terms of the workplace, probably more backstabbing and bad mouthing than I experienced in the UK.
That being said, my default assumption is that it's going on, and therefore it's best just to get on with it and do the best job that you can.
US clients are worse though
That being said, my default assumption is that it's going on, and therefore it's best just to get on with it and do the best job that you can.
US clients are worse though
#14
Re: Are Canadians the most two-faced people on Earth?
I think disingenuity and betrayal are more middle class traits rather than being country specific.
#15
Re: Are Canadians the most two-faced people on Earth?
I hate to say it, but in terms of the workplace, probably more backstabbing and bad mouthing than I experienced in the UK.
That being said, my default assumption is that it's going on, and therefore it's best just to get on with it and do the best job that you can.
US clients are worse though
That being said, my default assumption is that it's going on, and therefore it's best just to get on with it and do the best job that you can.
US clients are worse though