peg4x4":210om89h said:Mean----That would be someone that knowingly]
hurts someone ,mentaly or phicialy(sp),and likes how it makes them feel. Or is that evil...
peg4x4":2ewofixe said:Mean----That would be someone that knowinglee(sp)
hurts someone ,mentaly or phicialy(sp),and likes how it makes them feel. Or is that evil...
Alice":wr7ay5vi said:Isn't the Peter Principle...if you don't know what else to do with a lousy employee that for some reason or another you can't fire, you just kick 'em upstairs...give 'em a promotion? Something like that...
Alice
VanC":34brkq4i said:Nothing physical, but boy could she cut right to your soul with words when she had a mind to.
Jogeephus":z5v9tzax said:VanC":z5v9tzax said:Nothing physical, but boy could she cut right to your soul with words when she had a mind to.
Since this was mentioned, what do you think is worse. Words or a slap or a fist? Just curious.
Crowderfarms":1nhgdw5v said:Guess I've been pretty lucky. Never had too many mean folks experiences. Only mean person (thing) I recall was my Ex-Ol' Lady. Meaner than a 55 gallon drum of Copperheads.
pdfangus":2i8x63tq said:Jogeephus":2i8x63tq said:NamVet_Farmer44":2i8x63tq said:the drill sergeants before Vietnam...well let's just say they wasn't the nicest men I ever met :lol:
.. nor were the drill sergeants that came back from Vietnam
I disagree....
While devine providence kept me from going to the Jungle I was tracking for it and training for it and those drill sargeants were the best friends I had. Oh they were tough ok. but they were not mean. the toughest one I had, probably cared more than all the others.
tough didn't bother me as at the time I thought I was a tough guy, and I wanted a challenge and wanted to be a leader.
Lammie":2jcnv1z9 said:It has been a while, Jo. I don't remember the Peter Principle. My husband probably does. He's into the business thing.
Alice":32ygob4y said:Jogeephus":32ygob4y said:VanC":32ygob4y said:Nothing physical, but boy could she cut right to your soul with words when she had a mind to.
Since this was mentioned, what do you think is worse. Words or a slap or a fist? Just curious.
Physical wounds heal...emotional wounds fester. Physical wounds can turn into emotional wounds really fast. At least that's my take on it.
I'm so lucky...my parents loved me and my brother and sister with all of their hearts. It wasn't an Ozzie and Harriet situation, but we were not physically or emotionally abused...we were protected and encouraged.
Alice
Lammie":r7sypws1 said:Alice":r7sypws1 said:Jogeephus":r7sypws1 said:VanC":r7sypws1 said:Nothing physical, but boy could she cut right to your soul with words when she had a mind to.
Since this was mentioned, what do you think is worse. Words or a slap or a fist? Just curious.
Physical wounds heal...emotional wounds fester. Physical wounds can turn into emotional wounds really fast. At least that's my take on it.
I'm so lucky...my parents loved me and my brother and sister with all of their hearts. It wasn't an Ozzie and Harriet situation, but we were not physically or emotionally abused...we were protected and encouraged.
Alice
I would much rather by slapped. Before I met Steve I was in a relationship with a guy that turned verbally abusive. I try to forget about because I am smarter than that. (the same auto mechanic I talked about earlier that gave the car to the usless POS friend) Anyhoo, he could stay angry for weeks and while he was doing it, he was just meaner than Satan,
I think I have a definition of mean. Someone who knows what hurts you most verbally and then gets a kick out of using it against you. That was Teddy. He was a big man, but I would MUCH rather have had him just slap the pi$$ outa me than treat me like crud for two weeks. He was not mean to my boys, but it was bad none the less. The funny part was that when I said I didn't want to ever see him again, he was shocked. Didn't know what he'd done wrong.
He was mean. That is what mean is.