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Steinway_Concertista t1_ixvb7sf wrote

If any man tells you to smile, just respond with a ‘stfu’. Men do not get to tell us how to look or feel when we just want to exist without being bothered.

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Squigglylineinmyeyes t1_ixviiq1 wrote

I had a guy tell me to smile after a shift at the hospital where we had an unsuccessful traumatic code on a young guy. I almost cried because of it.

Smile? I was just trying to keep it together enough to get milk. It’s so rude to tell anyone what expression to have.

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angry_eccentric t1_ixwzu65 wrote

i work a traumatic job too and i love stopping these people in their tracks by letting them know the truth of what is going on. "i just had a client die today" and staring at them until they're uncomfortable. i hope it inspires them to mind their own business in the future

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Steinway_Concertista t1_ixvixut wrote

That’s horrible! Someone told my friend to smile after she had just lost her mom to cancer. Entitled men like this just need to leave us alone and stop trying to police how we look all the time.

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puppy_fan t1_ixwb1pq wrote

That would be my first reaction. Kind of like when work asked me why I didn't seem happy.

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