sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:09:53 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
> > Try saying 'I can do that'. It's far more impressive to say 'yes I
> > can' than to say 'yes we can'. Only a gang mentality street punk
> > coward enlists 'we'. Saying "Yes we can" is precisely the same as
> > saying "I can't do that". If an employee told me 'I can't' I'd tell
> > them to find a way or find the highway.
>
> That is bullshit. You have to decide if doing it is going to get you
> anywhere or not. To make that decision, you need to know if the
> person asking you to do something stupid is someone who can do
> something for you in return or if it's just some peacock trying to
> look important.

It also depends on if it's something you will genuinely get hurt doing
if you try due to a disability. Those sorts of requests, I will
politely decline and they have zero issue with it. It's more 'oops,
sorry Carol, I forgot for a moment' then I'll work on some other
related part of the 'whatever' that I can do if there is one. In fact,
I've been point blank told if I do get asked to do something that is
chancy physically for me and I do *not* speak up I will be fired as
they can get in trouble over it if I get hurt.

Sad smile, Short version, I have 4 herniated discs (2 neck, 2 lower
back) and 2 more very abnormal ones that my spine doc is tracking as
they slowly degrade.


--