50 Wildly Unhelpful Pieces of Advice People Hear All the Time

This is a bit misguiding if you ask me. To a degree, some people are jerks, but there is a level of advocating for yourself that you can achieve with enough self-respect and assertiveness. Yeah, people are bullies and will abuse their power to those who don’t have it, often stuck in a bad situation they can’t get out of.

At the same time, there are times when putting your foot down can at least get some jerks to back off, and for the ones who don’t, a confrontation will maybe get them to think twice about starting with you. It won’t stop all the pests, but it’ll keep some at bay.