I will go out on a limb here and say that it also has to do with the work environment as well as the average employe. When I started managing it was on the floor of a mill. No matter how you were to treat people the average worker had the mentality of either a teenager or a gangster. This may also have something to do with the times, of that I am not sure.
All, I am saying is that fucking in a public restroom is icky and inappropriate. Not saying that your employes will partake in such actions.
I do however understand where you are coming from. I treated my employes well, and like adults, most of them returned the favor. I dont know how others feel about this but treating them with respect is one thing, treating them like friends is another. Personally, I did not associate with my employes outside of work nor did I look at them as friends per se. A trait probably picked up from my father. I have seen others that do treat them employes like their friends, go out with them after work, etc and it tends to bite them in the ass.
Two different subjects, I know, but it was on my mind.
Again, as I said, in my workplace more often than not most people were not mature enough to act like adults no matter how they were treated. Unless, they were over 50.
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On a side note, one would think that I would be treated with a lack of respect or at least differently. I guess the old way of thinking about your boss being young enough to be your grandchild, yet I have never had that issue.



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