Clever comeback or huge mistake?
I hate when I’m talking to somebody, and they say something really mean, and I can’t respond with a clever comeback in time. That moment usually stays with me for days, until one moment –probably when I’m about to fall asleep or when I’m showering– I think of the perfect answer. The perfect comeback to the unsolicited backhanded thing that somebody said to me. To which I simply stared in disbelief. You may think that this kind of situation ends in high school. Unfortunately, they don’t. If you ever worked on-site in a corporate office, you know that it’s full of this kind of comment. They just aren’t as direct.
It can be a silly, sarcastic comment that seems to be just a little joke, but it isn’t. Is never well-intended, and the fact that you respond, just staring in disbelief, makes you look bad. When you work in this type of environment, you need to get a grip. Make your brain work faster. Always be prepared for the unwarranted comment with a more backhanded and clever one. You may think that avoiding that type of situation is better, and maybe it is. But when you’ve been in this situation, you think about that. You think about getting out of the situation with a good enough response so that this doesn’t happen again ever.
This Reddit thread gave a sense of closure, like if I was the one clever enough to come back with this type of response. And even though some of them are very risky, as they were to bosses and higher-ups. Most of them finished nicely for the underdog. It’s quite fun seeing this from another perspective that provides you the possibility to actually get a good resolution from standing up for yourself, without creating a huge scene about it. So now, these are my favorite stories on the thread. That pretty much sums up what it is like to actually have a response to that unconstructive criticism that you received.
Author: Kayitsi.com
