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crocodile wrestler “Stand back, I’m a professional, do not attempt to wrestle the crocs yourself”
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pilot “Please remain seated, no you cannot have a go”
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holding someone at gunpoint “Empty your pockets, this is a stickup. Oh shit, you’ve got a gun too?”
I think its good that animal handlers, daredevils and performance artist begin with a I’m risking my butt so you don’t have to. Don’t do this unless you’re okay with dying from being mauled by an elephant speech.
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Probably an addicted smoker parent with throat cancer to their child.
Do as I rasp, not as I do
I chuckled so hard my whole bed shook
I tell co-workers that in a different way! There are certain tasks that I do in a database, that if I do it I do it through T-SQL, but I tell newer techs to do it through the UI because it’s safer. Or I tell them to use simplified scripts that take longer, but require less knowledge from the user.
Or like we have this script that lists like 40 potential issues. New folks are told to just fix all of them, but for folks who are very familiar (or wrote the scripts) I’m aware there are certain ones I can skip if other problems are present, because in certain situations they can fix each other.
So “I know what I’m doing, don’t do it this way until you know what you’re doing” I think is appropriate in a lot of things.
Anything that someone is warning of their addiction to others.
When you can deal with the aftermath but they can’t.
When a former sportsman, now a cripple teaches a youngster “some moves”.
The moment you done effed up while everyone’s watching.
Me, telling people that brushing their teeth is a good idea
Downs another naproxen
For me there isn’t one; I tend not to ask people to do things that I wouldn’t do and as a team leader I’m aware that those around me are learning through observing me - I don’t want them to learn bad habits so actually their presence keeps me in check.
