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Scenario 1 (If you select this, I will screw you over at some point.) | 4 | 9.76% | |
I would screw over a Class-B friend. | 5 | 12.20% | |
I would not screw over a Class-B friend. | 26 | 63.41% | |
Scenario 2 (If you select this, I will screw you over at some point.) | 4 | 9.76% | |
I would screw over a Class-C friend. | 9 | 21.95% | |
I would not screw over a Class-C friend. | 21 | 51.22% | |
Scenario 3 (If you select this, I will screw you over at some point.) | 3 | 7.32% | |
I would screw over a Class-D friend. | 18 | 43.90% | |
I would not screw over a Class-D friend. | 12 | 29.27% | |
Scenario 4 (If you select this, I will screw you over at some point.) | 4 | 9.76% | |
I would screw over a Class-E acquaintance. | 20 | 48.78% | |
I would not screw over a Class-E acquaintance. | 11 | 26.83% | |
Scenario 5 (If you select this, I will screw you over at some point.) | 4 | 9.76% | |
I would screw over a Class-F acquaintance. | 22 | 53.66% | |
I would not screw over a Class-F acquaintance. | 9 | 21.95% | |
Scenario 6 (If you select this, I will screw you over at some point.) | 4 | 9.76% | |
I would screw over a Class-G friendly stranger. | 19 | 46.34% | |
I would not screw over a Class-G friendly stranger. | 10 | 24.39% | |
I would screw my Class-A friend at any opportunity. It's why we're friends. | 4 | 9.76% | |
I don't have friends, so I can't relate to this situation. | 9 | 21.95% | |
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07-22-2013, 11:14 AM | #31 |
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The thing I am worried about, most likely people on here consider most other ChiefPlanet posters to be class D or lower. Be scared, very scared. And be afraid too.
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07-22-2013, 11:26 AM | #32 | |
Would an idiot do that?
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I'd feel somewhat bad knowing they were on the wrong end of it, but C seemed to be the cutoff as far as those who really mean anything to you... in my mind, there's a pretty good gap between C and D, and there's not a huge difference between screwing over a D friend and a stranger (who might very well be D-friend material).
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07-22-2013, 11:29 AM | #33 |
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07-22-2013, 11:36 AM | #34 |
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07-22-2013, 11:41 AM | #35 |
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Not interested in the poll but I did see an apricot BMW convertable Saturday.
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07-22-2013, 11:41 AM | #36 |
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Only because K-Mart didn't leverage Jaclyn Smith properly.
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07-22-2013, 11:56 AM | #37 |
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Class F and Class G are gonna get screwed over. Everyone else, no.
The way I'm reading the information in the OP is that this is just one-upping in a quest to get something nice. I'm not burning this person's house down or having sex with his wife or anything. It's like on The Price Is Right when you bid $1 over the previous contestant. It's legal, it happens all the time, and if you didn't do it, somebody else would. It's a screw over, yes, but I'm not necessarily doing harm to this person to favor my Class A friend. So if my occasional acquaintance that I see in the hall on Tuesdays doesn't like it, that's just too bad. I didn't do anything wrong. About the worst thing that can happen is they unfriend me on Facebook, in which case they were probably one of those friends I had who posts chains of stuff like "LIKE AND SHARE THIS STATUS IF YOU VALUE HUMAN LIFE." They probably wouldn't have survived the next friend purge anyway. |
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This poll is enlightening to me in a depressing way. If I can help a friend by screwing over a nameless, faceless stranger, obviously I will. But I sure wouldn't convert someone in my social circle into an enemy in a situation that is optional.
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07-22-2013, 12:01 PM | #39 |
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None of the examples seem important enough to screw anyone over (nor does it sound like anyone would be screwed over in many of the options.)
Basically, these are varying degrees of being sort of shitty, and the question is how okay am I with being a little shitty to someone based on how well I know them? I am not okay with being a little shitty ever, but I also think it is possible to act on some of these examples without being shitty, but by being honest and straightforward. Now if it was something that really meant screwing someone else over, then no, I wouldn't do it to anyone knowingly. |
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An acquaintance of mine has a Class-D friend/co-worker (maybe Class C, not sure) who is up for a promotion at work to a vacant position and is kind of the default choice (and wants it). These two people are in different work groups but have an overlap in their social circles. However, he has a Class-A friend who is out of work, and he's been going all out to influence the management team to give the Class-A the job, and it's more out of friendship than any work reason. The Class-D friend is aware of this and is doing a slow burn, and word is spreading among the social circle to the detriment of my acquaintance. I don't think he means harm to the Class-D and is just stoked about helping out his Class-A homie, but he is harming the Class-D and I think he's causing himself some damage in the larger social circle. It's kind of painful to watch, though I'm distant enough that I'm not going to get involved.
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On one hand, if they know each other and I tell A about an opportunity and mention D has already expressed interest, it then pretty much falls on A to decide if they're going to screw D... OTOH, I'd still feel bad, since it would destroy a couple of friendships. In that case, I'd probably lean towards staying quiet. If A doesn't know D, then I think I'd be more likely to tell A and then deal with the fallout of D... except maybe if D is an A friend of one of my other A or B friends... I mean, I only see some people when hanging out with an A/B friend, so that's significantly different than perhaps someone I see due to some other link (a friend of a friend at a tailgate, a former coworker who I didn't work closely with, etc).
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You'd think. But that's not how it's playing out.
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Another oh shit about this, I assume Class D will get interviewed and considered for the position regardless of Class A so if the acquaintance jilts Class D, Class D gets the job over Class A, Class A is still out of work, he is in a lose/lose situation. Especially if the promotion puts Class D in a position of authority over him. Yikes.
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