How do you survive in a dog-eat-dog environment?

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#21

I must be getting old because I keep waiting for a comment about milkbone underwear and it just isn’t happening.

#22

^i ALMOST threw that in but refrained because I knew I’d get crickets. well done, sir.

#23

AM: “5 shots of expresso and 3 apple bran muffins always works like a charm” Yeah, he tried that, except he used eSpresso which could have been his demise. Does expresso have xtc in it?

#24

I don’t even mention that I am studying this exam to other candidates in person. All they will say is “good luck” “hope you do good” because in reality they are thinking “I hope you fail with flying colors”. Anyone that says good luck to me in person/face to face, you can see right through them. In the real dog eat dog world, people want you to fail, it makes them feel better. This forum is not bad cause, everyone on here is trying their best to do well on the exam, and even help each other with questions, etc. Its a dawg eat dawg world, screw everyone else is the mindset. If you turn your back for one second, I am sure someone in the testing center will steal or break your calculator/pencils just to get an edge over you.

#25

Good luck allegro… :wink:

#26

The more there is to win, the tougher the environment. I once worked in a very tough environment, and I have to say I didn’t mind. Plus, I like a bit of drama - it brings spice into the usually borign working day. And somethimes it’s best to jump up from your desk and yell a few swearwords that your gandmother would slap you for and then get on with it. If you speak an exotic languge, then it’s even a good way to entertain others. I think that screaming or verbal insults are by far not the worst things in a dog-eat-dog environment. I would ven say that these things bother me the least. The worst thing is always having to watch your back. That takes a lot of energy.

#27

Lara-Lilly Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I think that screaming or verbal insults are by > far not the worst things in a dog-eat-dog > environment. I agree. I had to leave one job because our boss would tar and feather us and make us wear dunce caps while his kids threw banana cream pies at us. It is indisputably the physical insults that are the toughest to get used to.

#28

best thing you can do is be as passive aggressive as possible, never let people know your true agenda and always be willing to stab others in the back no matter who they are. Show no mercy and don’t stop at attacking professional rep, but destroy their family and friend relationships, never forgive and always remember this is capitalism(fuck them I got mine).

#29

When everyone else is competing don’t compete with anyone, watch them drive themselves to mental breakdown, not because you dislike them and wish them harm but because there isn’t anything that can be done except look on in bemusement.