My friend told me there was a shit ton of work done to find and fix every instance if the bug, and they managed to do it, which is why things kept going smoothly.
I’ve also heard that in some places virtually nothing was done and no problems occurred anyway.
Is it possible you were successful?
What was the lesson?
Neither of the examples you are providing are ideal approaches, but personally I might prefer the first one. It kind of sounds like they are asking a question but badly. But it is possible to approach this kind of conversation way more tactfully. And to the advantage of the manager because people will be more comfortable and less defensive.
There are a million ways your scenario could happen. Another possibility is that the manager misunderstood something. My last boss was notorious for approaching people, very serious and grimly, with accusations of wrong doing. then when the worker would go ask the “accusor” it would turn out to have been some totally innocuous comment or like someone making a joke or mild social-type complaint or giving feedback on the workplace as a whole. And this included situations where multiple people were present and everyone agreed, so its not just someone lying to preserve the relationship. I was on both sides if the exchange myself. When i heard that i had made an “accusation” I had made I really had to think hard to figure out the grain of reality it was based upon. That’s just one example of what could have transpired.
As you may infer from that story, “accusations” were pretty commonplace. And it was overall a good job, just that manager didn’t know how to do their role. 2 in 4 years is a pretty good run.
while there is clearly a genocide, and the attacks on the flotilla were probably illegal, I don’t easily see how the flotilla attacks were genocidal.
chamber of commerce. corporate lobbyists. religious advocacy.
just think of anything that’s doing fine, there is a group for that.
but even if you pick something you don’t find evil, like say you have a great park near you, there is probably some group or another that keeps it that way. so even though it looks like a do-nothing job, they are doing something.
Blaming their problems of shit infrastructure on RUSSIA.
But do you think it’s possible you contributed to a vibe or attitude amongst your peers that these things were not that cool? Or had otherwise indirect influence?
I’ve picketed businesses before and people completely avoid going anywhere near you. Even after we are gone, there is a bad taste on that business.
If it had been accepted with no opposition, do you think it would have been the same in the end?
You’re saying all this with hindsight. Given the information that was (or would have been if you’d looked for it) available at the time, could you really have anticipated the outcome?