Disclaimer: This is my usual ranting and raving, it is not directed towards anyone.
We live in an information age, an age where information, knowledge and power go hand in hand. The problem, people never have all the information, especially when we deal with other people, we never have the full story. Based on this imperfect information set we make decisions. Then other people interpret our decisions based on the information set available to them and respond to it in some way. And so the cycle continues, and the original person responds back. But inherent in this process lies the problem, neither party has all the information, and making decisions with what they know.
What can be done about this? Nothing really, there is no way to have all the information about something, unless you are directly involved with it. I’ve made mistakes of acting on impulse, and on what information I knew at that time, and getting it all wrong. You feel terrible when you realize your mistake. But what is more annoying is having people judge you based on imperfect information. At least to me, I get very annoyed when people judge you, and they don’t know you. To top it all off, the worst offense is when they judge you, and then try to force that same viewpoint onto other people.
Nothing can be done about it, other than for both parties to accept the fact that neither has any idea what is really going on, and move on with their lives.
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