"pick your battles"

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I think "pick your battles" is good advice but some precious lil "people" have the nerve to pick all the battles

They got all their priorities more mixed up than scrambled eggs

They talk too much and too loudly and enthusiastically

Paucity of content

They act all "holier than thou" and self righteous and self important

They act like they are perfect and know everything

They don't care about anyone except themselves

They don't consider other perspectives

They don't have "excuse me" in their vocabulary

They don't apologize when they are wrong

They waste way too much time and energy nitpicking someone elses faults

My boss is one of them

(Rolls eyes)

Today she had the nerve to tell me that I could not wear sweatpants to work, nor could I roll up the pants legs to knees.

Yeah well I find it hard to imagine that a customer decide to go to Lowe's instead of home Depot because I was wearing the wrong rags

Angela w had no critical thinking skills

She really needs to get made redundant

She talks a good game. Smooth talking. But she doesn't actually do anything except flap her trap

You don't know all of the battles faced by the people you're accusing of picking "all of" the battles. You only see them for a part of their lives, so you don't know which battles they avoid.

But also, pick your battles can be understood in multiple ways, and if one's opponent is prone to defeatism and won't fight and won't retaliate, that's a fairly easy victory, so there's little reason to not pick that battle if the goal is desired.

You know, it's easier to non-consensually pick up a toad than a feral kitten; because the kitten will hiss and scratch and bite, meanwhile the toad can't do much besides pee. The kitten will both fight and retaliate, the toad doesn't really impose any cost for interfering with it.

To be fair, a toad can't pick many battles except with bugs, a kitten is made to pick battles and will only get better at it as it grows. Not everyone is capable of picking every battle presented to them, but people pick the ones they think they can win. Especially if they just lost some other battle.
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When I worked in a factory (several) we couldn't wear sweatpants or shorts, or rolled up pants. It's a safety rule based on the assumption jeans or work pants are more likely to protect the wearer from cuts and scrapes. Your boss doesn't have the nerve to point this out, it's literally their f*****g job and they can get in trouble if they fail to correct your behaviour. Even if they don't personally agree with it, they're obliged by health and safety regs to enforce it.

Unless there's a bunch of people wearing track pants or shorts, in which case Angela's a moron.

It doesn't matter what customers think about your pants. It does matter what the law in your state is.

Plenty of coworkers wear track pants and shorts

Newly promoted Head Cashier DF and Alexis wear sagging jeans and haven't gotten made redundant. The store manager even gave Alexis an award

Gardener Nice wears athletic shorts



Double standards

I feel like I am being singled out because Angela doesn't like me. (Not "discrimination")

The laws for my state don't say anything about dress code

Jeans, trousers and et cetera cost more $$$ than sweatpants. They are heavier than sweatpants. They take more space in the washer/dryer than sweatpants. They are harder to maintain than sweatpants. They are hotter temperature than sweatpants. When I gain weight, jeans no longer fit, but sweatpants still fit. Jeans get holes in them. Jeans more uncomfortable than sweatpants.

It just seems so nitpicky. Like the boss just doesn't "like" me (rolls eyes). she acted all self righteous and self important, as usual. She's totally full of herself.

I find it hard to imagine that any customer has ever said "From now on I am going to Lowes instead of Home Depot, because some Home Depot servants dressed badly".

angela makes me wanna puke! she doesn't care about anyone except herself! she keeps telling me what i did wrong, but all she does is stand around flapping her big trap!

playing a tiny violin

drama queen

overreaction

some precious lil "people" act like the Oscar panel is spying on them and waiting to award them Best Actor. (rolls eyes).

there is nothing too big or too small for them to waste time and energy on.

way too emotional.

then a couple days later, they completely forget what they got their panties in a bunch about.

for example, Rolando Penis. after the "breathing incident", rolando penis had the nerve to tell me that he talked to kayla about it and she said that that was "disrespectful" and if i was going to be like that, rolando penis had the moral "right" to ban me. a couple months later, rolando penis completely forgot that he said that in the first place.

self righteous

"holier than thou"

self important

makes me wanna puke!