r/AskReddit • u/AuthorConfident9386 • 13h ago

Men, what’s one small, seemingly insignificant thing you’ve noticed that can be a telltale sign of the difference between a genuinely good man and a bad one?

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u/justageorgiaguy 10h ago

"Treat the janitor with the same respect as the CEO"

I actually respect the janitorial staff more.

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u/GoabNZ 10h ago

Without the CEO, the company might have issues in a month or two. Without janitors, the company will be in chaos by tomorrow

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u/MoonChaser22 8h ago

Tomorrow if you're lucky. Depending on the workplace a couple of hours may be all it takes

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u/megakidicarus 1h ago

Hi it's me once addressed as "Janitor" now called some sort of "hero" due to COVID-19. lol don't feel like one.

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u/RollingMeteors 6h ago

Without the CEO, the company might have issues in a month or two. Without janitors, the company will be in chaos by tomorrow

I doubt it would be chaos 'by tomorrow'. All that will be happening is the super bourgeoisie will be 'grossed out' and quit, while the grimiest of the neckbeards continue working like it's home, feeling more at home, as the days go by.

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u/strider_sifurowuh 7h ago

I prefer to treat the janitor with respect, unlike the CEO

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u/Bladelink 9h ago

Our C levels are not good people, lol.

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u/Lockehart 3h ago

I would never guillotine a janitor!

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u/SupaMonroeGuy 2h ago

I am the janitorial staff..

thank you, pleasure serving you."

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u/anomalous_cowherd 8h ago

ITT: lots of people with ADHD!

We don't see rank, we see actions. Everyone gets respect until they show they aren't worthy of it.

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u/radlanrex 6h ago

Being a good person is an ADHD symptom?

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u/OzKong21 1h ago edited 1h ago

A lot of pretty normal traits are getting listed as mental disorder symptoms nowadays

Asking for clarification will get you marked higher on most modern autism tests, because only those with autism want clarification

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u/anomalous_cowherd 6h ago

It's adjacent... ADHD tends to result in people being rule-followers as well as judging people on their actions not their projected power. There are plenty of other reasons for those things to happen too, but in my experience the confidence you otherwise need to develop to ignore rank come with age, where ADHD is for life.

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u/radlanrex 6h ago

I'm very lucky in that my father offered the model of treating everyone the same. And I have ADHD. And I'm old.

So I guess I've got a trifecta of seeing everyone as equal.

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u/anomalous_cowherd 6h ago

Same. It was only once I got into my 50s and realised just how much of my lifelong weirdness matched ADHD symptoms perfectly that I also recognised that my mom had clearly had it bad too. Sadly she'd passed away by then so we couldn't compare notes...

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u/MechaPinguino 7h ago

Janitors actually work and don't try to screw everyone's lives for a bonus that means nothing to them, so I'm with you.

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u/sirgog 1h ago

Obligatory "Wait, hell no! I'm not going to guillotine the janitor!"

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u/saustin66 8h ago

Usually janitors are competent. With CEO's its a toss up.

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u/waterfountain_bidet 6h ago

One of them is doing a real job. One is a CEO.