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Re:Advice to new managers: don't joke about firing people by blaser-waffle on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @10:58AM (#23477720)
Don't make jokes unless you're 100% damn sure people will react the right way. To quote J Scalzi: "The failure mode of clever is 'asshole'".

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/06/16/the-failure-state-of-...

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