“What’s Something You Wish Someone Had Told You When You Were Younger?”: 40 Useful Tips Shared By The Bored Panda Community

Whether that is health issues as well

I'd never be able to do anything ever if I did that unfortunately

That's BS. We just tend to forget the times when our instincts were wrong

How about don't pass off 6 month old articles as new? Lazy panda

Tend to do that when I need to walk to or from my car in the dark but my cell phone has a personal safety app. I can set it to require a check in after a certain time, if check in doesn't happen, then my location is shared with my emergency contacts with a notice that I didn't check in with the app to say I was safe, it will also notify them of what phone calls I make. I can hit the power button 5 times in a row to auto call 911 , my emergency contacts will me notified , my phone's location will be shared with them and 911, and it will be record video and audio that will be shared with my emergency contacts. I've used it a few time walking to my car in the dark at work because I'll be left there alone and no one will tell me they are leaving , last one out has to close the gate to the parking lot and it's not a nice neighborhood so the app is a nice comfort.

Ask yourself, what do THEY benefit from this.

My grandma used to say "don't believe anything you hear and believe only half of what you see"

Also consider that you might not know the full source: do you know that person isn't in pain?

Mine too

Yeah, I had to think about this one for sure this week!!!! Not going into details but once I thought it through I realized the person telling me the stuff they were telling me was VERY biased and not the whole truth

I made some of my best friends at work. Let's just agree on "NOT ALL of your coworkers are your friends". Like probably every other place in your life. Be careful who you choose to trust.

Amen

If my gut tells me that they are my friends...

So... Nobody else works in a small business with three other introverts?

Neither are your neighbours

Don't forget to celebrate as well

For that i will have to quit my school, because i have precisely 0 friends there according to this.

If I followed that rule I would never leave the house.

What if you aren't celebrated anywhere...?

And kindness is its own reward!

And not only to those who are higher-ups, but generally. It might sound cool if you tell you are golfing with the CEO, but if you forget your key, it will probably be the cleaning lady that will come to your help, so greet her when passing her in the hallway. Old-fashioned statements like "Don't talk to the help" are remains of past hierarchies long gone.

They cost a lot if you don't like people

*cough* boomers need to learn this.

Bro that’s not how you play scrabble

lol

OMG...I need to stretch before I laugh that hard again. I think I pulled my spleen!!!

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I like that advice, lol

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Sometimes that can be a relief...not all parents are good

Baz, is that you?

Not great advice if you don't have good parents.

It was easily 10 years after they had both passed when I was able to think clearly. Now I still rehash my view vs. theirs and ask why. And when lucky people wax romantic about their happy childhoods and adoring parents, I scoll on and feel cheated. And I'm 84. I once asked if I had been a mistake and my mom said oh no, very wanted. When I (rarely) tried to question, no one ASKED ME WHY I QUESTIONED. No one noticed I felt alone and unwanted. In my 70s a psychologist told me it wasn't my fault; not to blame myself. But I never got answers. Its all so confusing. And never will.

I agree. I am 64 and my Dad is 93. We talk on the phone daily and he constantly amazes me with all that he has done and lived through. He still runs a business and has no plans to slow down. He is my inspiration. ♥️

As a CIO I travel the world each week to each of our factories and offices. The receptionist (who are often also the telephone operator) at every site are all key contacts that I quickly get to know personally. I know their names, their kids names, family pets, birthdays, births, deaths, marriages etc, they know mine. We often catch up for a while whilst I'm travelling, arriving or watiing for a car to leave. Same with great people who drove the company cars and buses shuttling us between airports, hotels are our locations. We have hundreds of locations. On the frequent times glitches crop up with my interaries, these are the wonderful people who will go out of their way to remove my problems and keep me safe/housed/travelling etc. People are people the world over at any level - respect anyone irrespective of their salary, grade, religion, language, gender etc. People who pull rank or ignore others as they feel superior due to their role or position are generally a*****s

But, but, they're your CO-WORKERS!!! Get your act together BP!! Decide, once and for all, whether one should or should not be friends with their co-workers!

Great advice in all areas of life. Primarily because it's the right thing to do. But also those that can really help you out of a bind are in these positions. They know exactly how the organization works and can help you navigate it.

Yup. As a teacher I try to stay on the very best side of the custodian, cleaners, IT people, people who make the timetables, and the exam department. They will never make my life intentionally harder, but they can make my life immeasurably easier.

Simply be nice to people in service jobs. Notice and actually SEE them, take the time to learn their names, say Good Morning to them, and practice all the other social niceties with them (tbh, doing this with everybody ain’t gonna harelip you, FFS!). Believe me, it will be remembered.

1 is great advice!