#becuade id mention how I like deer and they’d need to explicitly describe every deer they’ve ever hit… the social etiquette critical miss…. | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

steevejr · 8 months

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it’s very interesting being an adult (28) working with teens (16-20) and having moments when you can feel this teen, in interacting with you, just learned about how to behave appropriately in a situation they’ve never once encountered before. it’s palpable.

#had a convo with a teen who told me he hated wasps with a passion and in return I said I like them a lot (1st time he’s obviously #encountered someone who liked wasp—realization 1)#and because this kid has never been in a convo with an adult who disageees with him his follow up was telling me about how he knew someone #who would violently go out of his way to douse wasps in wasp spray. and unlike every other human he’s talked to I said #‘that’s not an ok thing to do and I would rather not hear about violence towards animals that I like.’ and let me tell you the befuddlement #and horror…. I think this was the first time he had realized he committed a major social faux pax #you could cut his discomfort with a fucking knife. and good thing he learned this lesson from me and not a 16 year old girl he might’ve #been chatting with who would just awkwardly laugh without saying anything and ghost him forever.#the amount of people who don’t learn this lesson in social etiquette is astounding. let me tell you the amount of men I’ve had to execute #becuade id mention how I like deer and they’d need to explicitly describe every deer they’ve ever hit… the social etiquette critical miss….#a day in the life of steeve

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