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tomrod on Dec 6, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: How I Collected a Debt from an Unscrupulous Mercha...

It would be wise to separate out politeness, by which I interpret every comment here means patiently assertive, and obsequious, where one is a doormat and butler to all.

In that view, is your view of politeness as a bad signal more aligned with obsequiousness or with civil assertiveness?

ChrisMarshallNY on Dec 6, 2020 [–]

It's very common to mistake courtesy and kindness for weakness.

I see it all the time.

People get very, very upset, when they find out that I'm not the doormat they had me pegged to be.

It's fun, when that happens.

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