Huh... wrote:
I'm in my early 40s, went to high school and college in the 90s, and growing up, I didn't know of any coach who DIDN'T yell at (belittle?) athletes. If we screwed up or had a bad race, we expected to get yelled at. Somehow, none of us had emotional meltdowns.
I was talking to a co-worker recently about the fact that workers 10+ years younger than us can't seem to take any corrective feedback at all, no matter how constructive. We've seen young workers resign when they were corrected on something. I just don't get that.
Maybe it's because they never had coaches teach them the concept of authority.
I am over 50 and I never accepted authority that wasn't earned. I was a states finalist type athlete in a few sports in high school and I had one coach that was a dick. I told him he was a dick and quit.
I was a coach's pet for the rest of them because they treated me with respect and I gave it to them in return. We had some great successes together.
Now in the military, I followed chain of command because the entire operation is built on that. But whenever I was out of uniform, I gave no respect and took no crap from anyone who was an idiot, no matter what their rank.
Have some respect for yourself, don't just say "yes sir" because someone gave an idiot a clipboard and a whistle.