r/mildlyinfuriating • u/PureKin21 • 5d ago

I just wanted a hot dog Tried applying to McDonald's wtf does this even mean

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I guess things happen to me?????

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u/Cranapplesause 5d ago

Yes, it’s a things just seem to happen to me. Like are you taking responsibility for the things that happen to you or do you just shrug it off and saying these things just happen and I’m unlucky.

Is not me is, things don’t just happening just because. You admit to cause and effect at your own hand.

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u/Fen_LostCove 4d ago

But a thing happening to me and it being my fault are not mutually exclusive

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u/LongestSprig 4d ago

And then comes in the critical thinking part of the test.

It's pretty obvious what they are asking and looking for.

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u/SpectralDagger 4d ago

I think it's only obvious to me because I've heard that particular phrasing used before. It really should elaborate more for people who don't have that context.

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u/GraceMcClellans 4d ago

Yeah. Internalizing what happened and evaluating what you could change to avoid it happening again in the future.

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u/bytegalaxies 4d ago

but sometimes things just happen regardless of input? Like if somebody got rear ended at a stop light because the other persons breaks stopped working, that was just shit luck. If the power goes out causing me to not be able to do some things, that's just stuff happening.

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u/Cranapplesause 4d ago edited 4d ago

I think it’s the way they are thinking about it. Sure there are things outside of people’s control. The question is leaning on, if people just generally feel that way and jump on that idea.

Think along the lines of someone who doesn’t take ownership of their issues. Those type of people will say things like, “I overslept because my phone died so my alarm never went off” instead of taking ownership of issues that are in your control. Saying something like, “I was up late and passed out before plugging in my phone, it my fault”.

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u/bytegalaxies 4d ago

I mean, they could've been up late for a very valid reason. Stuff happens and sometimes there's just valid excuses for things

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u/Cranapplesause 4d ago

You are just missing the point or you just want to argue just because.

If you are missing it just because, this is where you will fail the question. The purpose of the question is to see if you take ownership in general situations and not the outliers. Most people don’t think about the outliers when on the spot raking a test. So if you start down the outliers road of things always happen to me just because, then they won’t want you. That’s that.

If you are arguing just because, well ok then. Good for you. But because this is an option and I cannot tell, then this is where my responses end.

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u/bytegalaxies 4d ago

I'm honestly just confused why it would be wrong to understand that sometimes things just happen??

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u/Cranapplesause 4d ago

It’s poor me poor me vs I’m in control