It like eating something, and then having someone come along, and SHOVE the rest of what you’re eating into your mouth.

Or to put it another way, it’s the old saying, “nobody calls my mother a whore except me.”

Lol I actually learned a long time ago that self deprecating humor was the easiest way to manipulate difficult people into being friendly to get a job done.

I had a guy once tell me that when I answered my boss’ phone that I had wasted 37 sec of the guy’s time by not just letting it go to voicemail. From that point on I never answered the phone if it came from him unless it was directly to me, and when I needed to talk to him I would immediately say something like “well my dumbass screwed up, do you have a moment to help me out?”.

The best part? When that guy was in the process of retiring, it was me who he chose as his replacement (which I accepted and have been there for 4 years now). I still like the guy despite how much of an absolute dick head he was at times, but he never realized how much I had to manipulate him to make him amenable.

Someone in my friend group once went “you are funny, and you are funny, and you are…” one by one to everyone else before coming to me, said “you are not,” and continued on to others. Anyway…