What's the worst piece of advice you ever received?

Question

And who did it come from?

Answer 1

Oh grow up
It kind of came from everyone.

quite frankly screw them i am a kid at heart and that is who i want to be sorry.

oh the other best peice of advise
" be nice to the people you meet going up the ladder because you never know whose ass you will have to kiss coming back downt that ladder"

Answer 2

I had a friend with a farm right along a busy road, and I can't tell you how many times she'd get a call that one of her horses was dead in the field. Horses do lay down to sleep sometimes! Sheesh... When I was a kid, I got a job at a little dump of a lesson stable grooming and tacking horses up before their lessons and cleaning up afterwards. The lady who ran the barn was clearly clueless. It was so bizarre that I kept thinking I must be on Candid Camera! First, she told me to grab saddles and put them on the horses. She said it did not matter which saddles for which horses since they all fit the same. Many of the saddles did not fit well, and tipped backwards with the pommel (front) much higher than the back of the saddle. This was due to a combination of poor saddle fit and swaybacked horses. Well, in the tack room I had seen a pile of those foam lollypop shaped riser pads that lift the back of the saddle , so I asked her if I should use them. She told me that those were only for dressage saddles and since these were huntseat or "forward seat" lessons the saddle was supposed to sit higher in the front. Then, she proceeded to have all her students posting on the wrong diagonal. When I questioned her about this, she gave me some b.s. answer and ignored me. The next day she told me that she learned from a British instructor, and they post on the opposite diagonal from American riders. That was a good one... Finally, she told me that there was one horse who I had to make sure only the advanced riders tried to ride. She said the horse was very fussy about rein contact, and if a rider pulled too hard she would toss her head violently and even rear. Well, the horse had the harshest curb bit I've ever seen (for an English riding program too!). When I asked why the horse with the most sensitive mouth had such a harsh bit, she told me that that's the bridle that came with the horse when she bought her at auction. Like I was some moron. Duh! Obviously the bridle that came in the package deal with the horse is the only one you can use. It's not like you can change the bit or anything... Needless to say, I quit that job after only a few days.

Answer 3

I broke my foot and called in work from the hospital to say that I would not be able to come to work that day. I went to work the next day, with a cast on my foot.
I was reprimanded by a co-worker, and then a supervisor because I did not have a pedicure before I broke my foot. (They could see my toenail on my big toe, which I had painted silver, and my feet looked okay.)

They also said that I could have put a sock on my cast so that they would not have to look at my toes....

My response was that the next time GOD calls me and gives me a heads-up that I am going to break my foot, I may just decide to spend $50 for a pedicure (they also suggested a specific place that I should go).

Answer 4

When I came back from California in 1975 after not being able to get back in the Army because of my hearing a guy at DAV told me not to bother filing for Hearing Disability because it takes to
long and you won't get it because the records were burnt up in
St. Louis. In 1990 I decided to go and file and it only took 5 months to get approved at 20% but I lost 16 years of money because of bad advise from a VA representative.

Answer 5

A few years ago one of my friends told me that all of my friends were mad at me. I asked her why and she said she didn't really know. Then she told me I should probably call everyone up and apologize. I was like, well, I have NO idea why they're upset, so it would be ABSOLUTELY insincere if I apologized for something I don't even know I did! Needless to say, I didn't go through with it, and I'm not friends with those girls anymore.

Answer 6

The worst advice I receive was "Forget finding true love and Mr. Right, and get what you can get." My friend's drunken aunt to me that.

Answer 7

Stay w/him, he has a good job, you have a great home and oh yeah, he doesn't beat you much.
That came from a family member.

Answer 8

Cram for your exams the night before.

Answer 9

With the things you have going for you, there is no doubt you will succeed. There always is a doubt.

Answer 10

"just go along with it"

Hurray to being a sheep *sarcasm*