Karma or Not - Page 2

DREAMON · ‎03-09-2010

The last thing I want to do is dwell on something unpleasant from the past.

I say move on and live your life as happy as you can. As they say happiness the the best revenge.

UpNorthGorgy · ‎09-19-2024

Female bullies I mostly experienced were mostly in the workplaces. They are all retired now also. Don't know and they surely wouldn't recognize me or speak to me. Since going silver grey hair, I changed my appearance.

I never was in the work world clique just like High School. I did have more popularity in college and generally prefered the company of men. I hung out with my boyfriend and his buddies. I have few close friends. I like women but often prefer to talk and listen to men.

jlkz · ‎12-02-2013

This is not necessarily bullying but general holding folks back from progressing in the corporate world. I had a boss who refused to raise me two pay grades to the equivalent salary of DH. I had just received my Master's degree and worked off shift with great results raising the recognition for my team.

When I offered to forego an opportunity to compete on the male program if I got the raise, I was told that I could not handle the simple step up. I took the opportunity and succeeded with flying colors and ended up in middle mgmt. where there were very few women.

When I received this promotion and sat in my new office a few years later, this former boss had been demoted and every time I exited my office, there he was at his desk.

I made sure that I treated him with respect and a smile every time we met. He was a product of his generation: may be he progressed.

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
Sir Winston Churchill

jlkz · ‎12-02-2013

This is not necessarily bullying but general holding folks back from progressing in the corporate world. I had a boss who refused to raise me two pay grades to the equivalent salary of DH. I had just received my Master's degree and worked off shift with great results raising the recognition for my team.

When I offered to forego an opportunity to compete on the male program if I got the raise, I was told that I could not handle the simple step up. I took the opportunity and succeeded with flying colors and ended up in middle mgmt. where there were very few women.

When I received this promotion and sat in my new office a few years later, this former boss had been demoted and every time I exited my office, there he was at his desk.

I made sure that I treated him with respect and a sincere smile every time we met. He was a product of his generation: may be he progressed.

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
Sir Winston Churchill

redwrite · ‎10-03-2011

First-I feel that girl bullies today are far more horrid than when I was in school. But, re: the worst bully when I was in school...A few years ago, she posted on FB that she was going through some difficult changes in her life. She apologized in general to everyone that she had ever been mean to, and bullied in school. She said she was sincerely sorry for all of the hurt, pain, and tears that she had caused people. I had not heard from her in 30 years, nor have I heard from her since that FB post. I do not even know how her post got into my FB feed! Maybe she tried to send it to all classmates? And why the post? Bad medical diagnosis? Sincere change of heart? I have never quite known what to think of it!

mrshckynut · ‎06-19-2011

@Puzzle Piece if I am thinking of my past I focus on the pleasant parts of it, not the contentious times or people. I really have no interest in karma, or not, or if it's just life.

mrshckynut

brandiwine · ‎03-11-2010

Yesterday a couple stole a motorcycle, then were hit by a hit & run driver. The man on the stolen motorcycle died and his female passenger was seriously injured. Don't want to see anyone die, but it definitely made me think of instant karma. Hopefully, they find the driver of the hit & run vehicle.