Useless adviceAs a new parent, people seem to think it's OK to pass on any and every old wives tale possible. "Don't hug him too much". What? Quite what possesses people to pass on baseless, idiotic, useless advice I don't know.
That said, I quite often give car drivers directions and then, after they've moved off, realise that I've sent them down a bike-only route, so I can give as good as I get.
What useless advice have you been given (or handed out) recently?
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chthonic, Thu 19 Oct 2006, 10:29)
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Vocational Guidance CounsellorWhen I was 16 the school guidance counsellor talked me out of embarking on a career path as a psychiatric nurse. I'm now entering data on psychiatric nurses' salaries, which are $20,000.00 per year higher than mine, and I realise I could have been working for the govmint in the decades since graduation instead of perpetually trying to find work with my bachelor's degree in Fine Arts. Meh.
My own fault really - should've never listened to a fellow named Mr. Strange*, even though he did look dapper and authoritative in his little suit and bow tie.
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* Actual name.
(, Wed 25 Oct 2006, 23:34, Reply)
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