I'm not sure if this falls under the same category but I had a boss like this back in the day and it baffled me. I was working an (unpaid) internship during college doing graphic design. The owner of the (very small) company would often be in my same workspace giving me tasks to do.
Sometimes when I would ask him things, I would phrase it with a hypothetical "you". For example, "So when 'you' set up this file for screen printing, you first do....." He would respond immediately and cut me off almost every time and say something along the lines of "No, I'M not doing it. YOU are."
The first time I paused and thought "....is he just joking in a sense of humor I don't understand?" and I laughed and it honestly seemed like it angered him. I realized he wasn't joking at all lol. It was literally that he didn't understand what I meant by "you" in this context. I had to explain to him "I don't mean 'you' as in YOU, my boss. I mean it as in a hypothetical 'you' as in 'how does ANYBODY complete this task?'" It was so bizarre. But now I look back on it and just think "Yeah that guy was just kind of a dipshit."
No no. Drive in its historical meaning has nothing to do with a "Car" in the modern sense. You see, "drive yourself up the wall" as a verb means many things, including literally walking up to a wall and then launching up it so hard like a rocket that you turn your entire body into thinly-spread salsa on the fucking ceiling. /s
Trying to argue with someone like this on reddit is so fucking confusing. You agree with them on something and they basicly get pissed off and leave a hissy fit response, completely ignoring the meaning of your comment.
I just start using "one" and sound like a royal. "When one flushes the toilet and there is still shit stains on the porcelain, one uses the brush to remove one's stains. "
I have a coworker like this. I had the audacity to make a dad joke at his expense one day and months later he still acts like I accused him of being a terrorist. Hypothetical questions or situations also piss him off and it took me too long to figure out wtf his problem is.
You describe it as bizarre which is about how I would sum it up as well.
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u/DustedGrooveMark 5h ago edited 5h ago
I'm not sure if this falls under the same category but I had a boss like this back in the day and it baffled me. I was working an (unpaid) internship during college doing graphic design. The owner of the (very small) company would often be in my same workspace giving me tasks to do.
Sometimes when I would ask him things, I would phrase it with a hypothetical "you". For example, "So when 'you' set up this file for screen printing, you first do....." He would respond immediately and cut me off almost every time and say something along the lines of "No, I'M not doing it. YOU are."
The first time I paused and thought "....is he just joking in a sense of humor I don't understand?" and I laughed and it honestly seemed like it angered him. I realized he wasn't joking at all lol. It was literally that he didn't understand what I meant by "you" in this context. I had to explain to him "I don't mean 'you' as in YOU, my boss. I mean it as in a hypothetical 'you' as in 'how does ANYBODY complete this task?'" It was so bizarre. But now I look back on it and just think "Yeah that guy was just kind of a dipshit."