On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:04:40 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

> 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.

Fortunately, your situation isn't insubordination.

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