Monday, July 3, 2023

How to live a life you won’t regret [ Bryan Cranston ]

 

Dr. Jekyll & Prof. Hyde discuss pettiness in academia (as mentioned in the NYTimes)

<scene: Interior, faculty lounge at Utterson University>

Dr. Jekyll:  I say, Hyde, we are eating our own again.  Look at the third letter in this advice column.

Prof. Hyde:  Ha!  The sub-headline "Middle School Never Really Ends" sets the stage.

Dr. Jekyll:   And the statement "It is astonishing how many people deal with petty torments in the workplace. I shouldn’t be surprised given that I work in academia, a bastion of pettiness, but still …" offers a depressing tableau.  <sighs>

(Paywall) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/02/business/roxane-gay-work-friend-advice.html