> "you've mistaken my kindness for weakness"

> Wow people outside the military say this unironically? The military has some shit bags who really do think this way (taking advantage of people giving them a second chance), and while people say it and I never liked hearing it, to think a CEO has the nerve to say that like some paranoid despot is pretty out of touch.

I mean, I have said this before, but usually in response to the kind of person who is lauding the fact that my coworker had to sell their dog to continue staying employed. It’s kinda cringe to say when you have no leverage but it feels fantastic when you are not only willing to burn a bridge but have also set up c4 all over it, while simultaneously being the only person who knows some mission critical process while somehow not being given a contract with teeth because the execs think you are beneath them.

I do agree that hearing it from a CEO is insane though. The only CEOs who exhibit anything like kindness are literally newsworthy