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RJF said:
Micromanaging bosses. I know more about my job than you do, and likely could do your job better than you so please, sit down and stfu.
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in my experience, a boss turns to micro-managing when they feel insecure in their ability to do their own job. It is easier to take over a smaller job where they do not have direct accountability than to face the actual job and accountability they do have. a micromanager is in a job too big for them so they take over a lower level job where they feel more comfortable.
 
LogGrad98 said:
in my experience, a boss turns to micro-managing when they feel insecure in their ability to do their own job. It is easier to take over a smaller job where they do not have direct accountability than to face the actual job and accountability they do have. a micromanager is in a job too big for them so they take over a lower level job where they feel more comfortable.
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Not always. Sometimes they just know the people under them aren’t capable. But that situation is less common.
 
JustTheTip said:
Not always. Sometimes they just know the people under them aren’t capable. But that situation is less common.
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In that case, depending on how they handle the situation, that is just management and coaching. If you have people in a role that are not capable then your role as a manager is to make sure the tasks get resolved, and to coach and teach that person to help them become capable. This is not "micro-managing" as I view it, this is just managing. Micro-managing usually happens when a manager steps in when the employee assigned to the task is fully capable and just not being given the chance to do the job. If the manager steps in due to other legitimate issues (employee not capable, emergency situations, etc.) then that is just management and it has to happen from time to time.
 
When I start the finish (installing the plugs, switches, lights, etc) of a job and the homeowner says she didn’t want the switches there and acts like it’s my fault.
Look bitch, if you didn’t want the switches there, why did you tell me to put them there? Or why not ask me to move them during the week+ I was there running the wires?
We literally walked through it together at the start. You were there EVERY DAMN DAY during the wiring. Now it’s too damn late.
 
When you're taking a shower in a tub/shower (rather than a stand-alone stall shower) and no matter how much you let the tub water warm up, as soon as you trip the diverter for the shower, the first water that comes out of the shower is always COLD!
 
moevillini said:
When you're taking a shower in a tub/shower (rather than a stand-alone stall shower) and no matter how much you let the tub water warm up, as soon as you trip the diverter for the shower, the first water that comes out of the shower is always COLD!
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Why not warm it up through the shower head?
 
moevillini said:
When you're taking a shower in a tub/shower (rather than a stand-alone stall shower) and no matter how much you let the tub water warm up, as soon as you trip the diverter for the shower, the first water that comes out of the shower is always COLD!
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I do this standing outside the shower for this reason.
 
LogGrad98 said:
I do this standing outside the shower for this reason.
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there are some configurations where that is just too awkward, difficult to reach unless you're practically standing under the showerhead, or if you're able to reach in, the water gets everywhere. Sometimes it's just easier to endure the momentary shock of cold water, but it's still annoying!
 
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